Jenny is making popcorn the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter in 3 tbsp of kernels and one teaspoon of salt if she uses 10 tbsp of kernels how much butter does she need round your answer to the nearest hundredth
If the recipe calls for 3 tbsp of kernels and 1/2 cup of butter, the ratio of kernels to butter is 3 tbsp : 1/2 cup.
To find how much butter Jenny needs when using 10 tbsp of kernels, we can set up a proportion using the given ratio:
3 tbsp / (1/2 cup) = 10 tbsp / x
Cross-multiplying gives us:
3 tbsp * x = (1/2 cup) * 10 tbsp
3x = 5 tbsp
x = 5 tbsp / 3
x ≈ 1.67 tbsp
Therefore, Jenny needs approximately 1.67 tbsp of butter when using 10 tbsp of kernels.