Question

Lenny is making his own laundry soap. The recipe calls for 2 parts borax, 2 parts washing soda, and 1 part soap flakes. If Lenny uses 7 cups of soap flakes, how many cups of borax and washing soda combined does he need?(1 point)
Responses

7 cups
7 cups

28 cups
28 cups

21 cups
21 cups

14 cups

Answer 1

To make the laundry soap, Lenny needs 2 parts of borax and washing soda for every 1 part of soap flakes. Since he is using 7 cups of soap flakes, he will need 2 * 7 = <<2*7=14>>14 cups of borax and washing soda combined.