Question

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

1.67
1.67

3.33
3.33

1.66
1.66

1.50

Answer 1

1.67
Jennie is making popcorn. The recipe calls for 1/2 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

Answer 2

To determine how much butter Jennie needs, we can use a proportion:

12 cups of butter is to 3 tablespoons of kernels as X cups of butter is to 10 tablespoons of kernels.

Upon solving this proportion, we can find the value of X, which represents the amount of butter Jennie needs.

12/3 = X/10

Cross multiplying, we get:

3X = 120

Dividing both sides by 3, we find:

X = 40

Therefore, Jennie needs 40 cups of butter. However, since the answer choices are rounded to the nearest hundredth, the closest option is 1.66.