Jennie is making popcorn the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter 3 tablespoons of kettles and 1 teaspoons of salt if she uses 10 tablespoons of kettles how much butter does she need?round to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

To find out how much butter Jennie needs, we need to use a ratio.

Given:
The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter and 3 tablespoons of kettles.

We know that the ratio of butter to kettles is 1/3 (since 1/2 = 3/6, and 3/6 divided by 3 is 1/3).

Let's set up the equation to solve for the amount of butter needed:

1/2 cup butter = 3 tablespoons kettles
x cups (butter) = 10 tablespoons (kettles)

We can solve for x by setting up a proportion:

1/2 / 3 = x / 10

Since this is a proportion, we can cross multiply:

(1/2) * 10 = 3 * x
5 = 3x

To find x, divide both sides by 3:

5/3 = x

So, Jennie needs approximately 1.67 cups of butter (rounded to the nearest hundredth).