Jennie is making popcorn. The recipe calls for 12 cup of butter, 3 tablespoons of kernels, and 1 teaspoon of salt. If she uses 10 tablespoons of kernels, how much butter does she need? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. (1 point) Responses 1.67 1.67 1.50 1.50 3.33 3.33 1.66
To find out how much butter Jennie needs, we can set up a proportion.
If 3 tablespoons of kernels require 12 cups of butter, then 10 tablespoons of kernels will require:
10 tablespoons / 3 tablespoons = 12 cups / x cups
Cross multiplying, we get:
10x = 3 * 12
10x = 36
Dividing both sides by 10, we find:
x = 36 / 10
x = 3.6
So, Jennie needs approximately 3.6 cups of butter. Rounded to the nearest hundredth, this is 3.60. Therefore, the answer is 3.33.