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
A. 1.66
B. 1.67
C. 1.50
D. 3.33
To find out how much butter Jennie needs, we can set up a proportion:
12 cups of butter / 3 tablespoons of kernels = x cups of butter / 10 tablespoons of kernels
Cross-multiplying, we get:
3 tablespoons of kernels * x cups of butter = 10 tablespoons of kernels * 12 cups of butter
3x = 120
Dividing both sides by 3, we get:
x = 40
Therefore, Jennie needs 40 cups of butter.
Rounded to the nearest hundredth, the answer is: 1.67 cups of butter.
Therefore, the correct answer is A. 1.66