Luis is making chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 18 cup of almonds for every 34 cup of chocolate chips. If Luis uses 3 cups of chocolate chips, how many cups of almonds will he need? Round to the nearest tenth.(1 point)
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18.0 cups
18.0 cups
0.4 cup
0.4 cup
0.8 cup
0.8 cup
0.5 cup
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we need to use the given ratio of 18 cups of almonds for every 34 cups of chocolate chips.
First, we set up a proportion with x representing the number of cups of almonds Luis will need:
18 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds / 3 cups of chocolate chips
Now, we can cross multiply and solve for x:
18 * 3 = 34 * x
54 = 34x
Divide both sides by 34:
x = 54 / 34 ≈ 1.6
Therefore, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds. Rounding to the nearest tenth, the answer is 1.6 cups.
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0.5 cup
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, you need to use the ratio provided in the recipe. The ratio states that for every 34 cup of chocolate chips, you need 18 cups of almonds.
First, calculate the ratio of almonds to chocolate chips: 18 cups / 34 cups = 0.529411765 cups of almonds per cup of chocolate chips.
Since Luis is using 3 cups of chocolate chips, multiply the ratio by 3 to find out how many cups of almonds he will need: 0.529411765 cups/cup * 3 cups = 1.58823529 cups of almonds.
Round the answer to the nearest tenth: 1.6 cups of almonds.
Therefore, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds for the 3 cups of chocolate chips that he is using.