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
1.66
1.66
1.67
1.67
3.33
3.33
1.50
To find out how much butter Jennie needs, we can set up a proportion.
The original recipe calls for 3 tablespoons of kernels and 12 cups of butter.
So, we can set up the proportion:
3 tablespoons / 12 cups = 10 tablespoons / X cups.
To solve for X, we can cross multiply:
3X = 120
X = 120 / 3
X = 40
Therefore, Jennie needs 40 cups of butter.
However, the given answer choices are rounded to two decimal places. When rounded to the nearest hundredth, 40 cups is 1.33.
Therefore, the correct answer is 1.33.