A salsa recipe uses green pepper, onion, and tomato in the extended ratio 1:3:9. How many cups of tomato are needed to make 117 cups of salsa? (1 point) Responses 81 cups of tomato 81 cups of tomato 9 cups of tomato 9 cups of tomato 90 cups of tomato 90 cups of tomato 27 cups of tomato
The extended ratio is 1:3:9, which means that for every 1 part of green pepper, there are 3 parts of onion and 9 parts of tomato.
To find the number of cups of tomato needed to make 117 cups of salsa, we need to determine the number of parts of tomato in the ratio. Since there are 9 parts of tomato for every 1 part of green pepper, we have a total of 9 parts + 3 parts + 1 part = 13 parts in total.
To find the number of cups of tomato needed, we divide the total number of cups of salsa (117 cups) by the total number of parts (13 parts):
117 cups / 13 parts = 9 cups (rounded to the nearest whole number)
Therefore, we need 9 cups of tomato to make 117 cups of salsa.