Jennie is making popcorn the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter 3 tablespoons of kettles and 1 teaspoons of salt if she uses 10 tablespoons of kettles how much butter does she need?round to the nearest hundredth
To find out how much butter Jennie needs, we need to use a ratio.
Given:
The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter and 3 tablespoons of kettles.
We know that the ratio of butter to kettles is 1/3 (since 1/2 = 3/6, and 3/6 divided by 3 is 1/3).
Let's set up the equation to solve for the amount of butter needed:
1/2 cup butter = 3 tablespoons kettles
x cups (butter) = 10 tablespoons (kettles)
We can solve for x by setting up a proportion:
1/2 / 3 = x / 10
Since this is a proportion, we can cross multiply:
(1/2) * 10 = 3 * x
5 = 3x
To find x, divide both sides by 3:
5/3 = x
So, Jennie needs approximately 1.67 cups of butter (rounded to the nearest hundredth).