Ni’Kieylah uses 3 cups of sugar for every 2 teaspoons of baking soda to make a batch of cookies. Which proportion could be solved to find x, the number of teaspoons of baking soda needed for 9 cups of sugar?(1 point)
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The proportion that can be solved to find x is:
3 cups of sugar / 2 teaspoons of baking soda = 9 cups of sugar / x teaspoons of baking soda
By cross multiplying, we get:
3 * x = 2 * 9
3x = 18
x = 6
Therefore, 6 teaspoons of baking soda are needed for 9 cups of sugar.