wesley as a party mix recipe that uses popcorn and choclate candy. the recipe states that for 5 cups of popcorn, 2 cups of choclate candy should be used. Wesley wants to make a trotal amount of 84 cups of the party mix for a party. He creates the table shown.
Party mix ratio
Popcorn (cups: 5 | _
Chocolate candy (cups: 2 | _
Party mix (cups: _ | 84
How many cups of popcorn and cups of chocolate candy will wesley need to make 84 cups of party mix?
Popcorn:________ cups
Chocolate candy: _______ cups
To find the number of cups of popcorn and chocolate candy Wesley will need to make 84 cups of party mix, we can set up a proportion based on the ratio given in the recipe.
The proportion is as follows:
(5 cups popcorn) / (2 cups chocolate candy) = (84 cups party mix) / (x cups chocolate candy)
Cross-multiplying and solving for x, we get:
5x = 84 * 2
5x = 168
x = 168 / 5
x ≈ 33.6 cups
Therefore, Wesly will need approximately 33.6 cups of chocolate candy and 84 cups of popcorn to make 84 cups of party mix.