Luis is making chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 18 cup of almonds for every 34 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)

Question

Responses

A. 0.5 cup

B. 0.4 cup

C. 0.8 cup

D. 18.0 cups

Answer 1

To find how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion.

Let x represent the number of cups of almonds needed.

Therefore, we have the proportion:

18/34 = x/3

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

18 * 3 = 34 * x

54 = 34x

Divide both sides by 34:

x = 54/34

x ≈ 1.6

Therefore, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.

Rounding to the nearest tenth, the answer is:

C. 0.8 cup