Luis is making chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 1/8 * cup of almonds for every 3/4 cup of chocolate chips. If Luis uses 3 cups of chocolate chips, how many cups of almonds will he need? Round to the nearest tenth. (1 point)

A 0.5 cup

B 18.0 cups

C 08 cup

D 0.4 cup

1 answer

The ratio of almonds to chocolate chips is 1/8 : 3/4. To find the amount of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion:

x / 3 = 1/8 / 3/4

Simplifying the right side of the equation:

x / 3 = (1/8) * (4/3)
x / 3 = 1/6
x = 3 * 1/6
x = 1/2

Therefore, Luis will need 1/2 cup of almonds.

Rounded to the nearest tenth, the answer is: A 0.5 cup.