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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

1.50
1.50

1.66
1.66

3.33
3.33

1.67

User Icon for Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
11 months ago

To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion using the given ratios:

3 tablespoons of kernels = 12 cups of butter
10 tablespoons of kernels = x cups of butter (what we need to find)

We can cross multiply and solve for x:

3 * x = 10 * 12
3x = 120
x = 120 / 3
x ≈ 40

So, Jennie needs approximately 40 cups of butter. However, the answer choices are rounded to the nearest hundredth, so we need to round 40 to the nearest hundredth, which is 40.00.

Therefore, the answer is 40.00.