A family recipe calls for sauce and oregano. The table below shows the parts of sauce to oregano used to make the recipe.
Servings Sauce (cups) Oregano (tsp)
3 6 one and a half
8
At this rate, how much sauce and oregano will be needed to make 8 servings?
The recipe will need 16 cups of sauce and three and a half teaspoons of oregano for 8 servings.
The recipe will need 16 cups of sauce and 4 teaspoons of oregano for 8 servings.
The recipe will need 14 cups of sauce and 4 teaspoons of oregano for 8 servings.
The recipe will need 14 cups of sauce and three and a half teaspoons of oregano for 8 servings.
To find the amount of sauce and oregano needed for 8 servings, you can first calculate the ratio of sauce to oregano per serving.
For 3 servings, the ratio is 6 cups of sauce to 1.5 tsp of oregano. This can be simplified to 4 cups of sauce to 1 tsp of oregano.
So for 8 servings, you would need 8 x 4 = 32 cups of sauce.
And 8 x 1 = 8 tsp of oregano. This can be simplified to 2.5 tsp of oregano.
Therefore, the recipe will need 32 cups of sauce and 2.5 tsp of oregano for 8 servings.
None of the answer choices are correct, but the closest option is "The recipe will need 16 cups of sauce and 4 teaspoons of oregano for 8 servings."