To find out how much butter Jennie needs when using 10 tablespoons of kernels, we can use a proportion based on the original recipe.
The original recipe calls for:
- 3 tablespoons of kernels
- 12 cups of butter
We want to find the amount of butter (let's call it \( b \)) needed for 10 tablespoons of kernels.
Set up the proportion:
\[ \frac{3 \text{ tablespoons of kernels}}{12 \text{ cups of butter}} = \frac{10 \text{ tablespoons of kernels}}{b \text{ cups of butter}} \]
Cross-multiply to solve for \( b \):
\[ 3b = 12 \times 10 \]
Calculating the right side:
\[ 3b = 120 \]
Now, divide both sides by 3 to find \( b \):
\[ b = \frac{120}{3} = 40 \]
So, Jennie needs 40 cups of butter. However, since that option is not provided, let's re-examine the recipe since it seems excessively large.
Let's confirm by establishing how much the butter scales proportionally for 10 tablespoons.
Calculating the scaling factor:
\[ \text{Scaling factor} = \frac{10 \text{ tablespoons}}{3 \text{ tablespoons}} = \frac{10}{3} \approx 3.33 \]
Now, we multiply the butter by this scaling factor to find out how much butter Jennie needs:
\[ \text{Butter needed} = 12 \text{ cups} \times \frac{10}{3} = 40 \text{ cups} \]
We see that 40 is still an excessive and erroneous number based on our original check.
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