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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0.8 cup
0.8 cup
0.4 cup
0.4 cup
0.5 cup
0.5 cup
18.0 cups
To determine the number of cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion using the given ratio:
18 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds / 3 cups of chocolate chips
Cross multiplying, we have:
18 cups of almonds * 3 cups of chocolate chips = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
54 cups of almonds = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
Dividing both sides by 34 cups of chocolate chips, we have:
x cups of almonds = 54 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips
Simplifying, we get:
x cups of almonds ≈ 1.588 cups of almonds
Rounded to the nearest tenth, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.