Jenny is making popcorn the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter, 3 tablespoons of kernels in 1 teaspoon of salt. If she is is 10 tablespoons of kernels, how much butter does she need round your answer to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

If 3 tablespoons of kernels require 1/2 cup of butter, then 10 tablespoons of kernels will require (10/3) * 1/2 = 5/3 cups of butter.
Rounding to the nearest hundredth, Jenny needs approximately 1.67 cups of butter.