Desiree is making guacamole for a party. The recipe she is using calls for 1/4 cup lime juice for every 4 avocados. If she plans to use 1 cup of lime juice, how many avocados does she need?(1 point)

Answer 1

To determine how many avocados Desiree needs for 1 cup of lime juice, we can set up a proportion based on the recipe.

The recipe states that for every 4 avocados, she needs 1/4 cup of lime juice. This means:

• For 1/4 cup of lime juice, she needs 4 avocados.
• To find out how many avocados she needs for 1 cup of lime juice, we first convert 1 cup to quarters:

1 cup = 4 quarters (since 1 cup = 4 * 1/4 cup).

Now, if 1/4 cup of lime juice needs 4 avocados, then 1 cup (which is 4 times 1/4 cup) would need:

4 avocados * 4 = 16 avocados.

Thus, Desiree needs 16 avocados for 1 cup of lime juice.