Solve Mixture Problems with Proportions Quick Check

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Question
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)
Responses

0.5 cup
0.5 cup

0.4 cup
0.4 cup

0.8 cup
0.8 cup

18.0 cups

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion with the given information:

18/34 = x/3

Cross-multiplying, we get:

34x = 18 * 3

34x = 54

Dividing both sides by 34, we find:

x = 54/34

x ≈ 1.6

Therefore, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds. However, since we need to round to the nearest tenth, the answer is 1.6 rounded to 1 decimal place, which is 1.6.

The correct answer is 0.8 cups.