Question

the recipi calls for 1/2 butter and 3 tablespoons of kernals if she uses 10 tablespoons kernals how much butter does she need

Answer 1

round to the nearest hundereth

Answer 2

To find out how much butter she needs if she uses 10 tablespoons of kernels, we can set up a proportion based on the original recipe ratio.

The original recipe calls for:
- 1/2 cup of butter for 3 tablespoons of kernels.

If she uses 10 tablespoons of kernels, we can set up the ratio as follows:

\[
\frac{1/2 \text{ cup butter}}{3 \text{ tablespoons kernels}} = \frac{x \text{ cups butter}}{10 \text{ tablespoons kernels}}
\]

To find \(x\), we can cross-multiply:

\[
1/2 \cdot 10 = 3 \cdot x \\
5 = 3x
\]

Now, divide both sides by 3 to solve for \(x\):

\[
x = \frac{5}{3} \text{ cups butter}
\]

So, she needs \(\frac{5}{3}\) cups of butter, which is approximately 1 cup and 2 tablespoons of butter.

Answer 3

To round \(\frac{5}{3}\) cups of butter to the nearest hundredth, we first convert \(\frac{5}{3}\) to a decimal:

\[
\frac{5}{3} \approx 1.66666667
\]

Rounding this to the nearest hundredth gives:

\[
1.67
\]

So, if she uses 10 tablespoons of kernels, she needs **1.67 cups of butter** rounded to the nearest hundredth.