Recipe uses 1/2 c butter 4 tablespoon kernels, and 1 teaspoon salt. If you use 10 tablespoon kernels, how much butter will you need?

Answer 1

To find out how much butter you will need when using 10 tablespoons of kernels instead of 4 tablespoons, we can set up a proportion.

Let x be the amount of butter needed.
We know that 4 tablespoons of kernels require 1/2 cup of butter, so we can set up the proportion:

4 tablespoons / (1/2 cup) = 10 tablespoons / x

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and solve for x:

4 * x = (1/2) * 10
4x = 5
x = 5/4

Therefore, when using 10 tablespoons of kernels, you will need 5/4 or 1.25 cups of butter.