Martha used 23

Question

tablespoons of pepper to make 16
liters of gravy. If Martha's recipe is for 1 liter of gravy, how much pepper will she need to make double the recipe?
Responses
A 2 tablespoons of pepper2 tablespoons of pepper
B 8 tablespoons of pepper8 tablespoons of pepper
C 4 tablespoons of pepper4 tablespoons of pepper
D 12 tablespoons of pepper

Answer 1

D. 12 tablespoons of pepper

Answer 2

Assuming the 23 tbl of pepper would be a typo and should read
2/3 tbl .....

16 litres need 2/3 tbl of pepper
1 litre needs (2/3)/16 or 1/24 tbl of pepper

so if she doubles her recipe, she will need 2/24 or 1/12 tbl of pepper

Answer 3

you really need to learn how to type fractions, dude ...