Question

so mamma has a salsa recipe that uses green pepper, onion, and tomato in the extended ratio 1:3:10. How many cups of onion are needed to make 56 cups of salsa? can soemone help? plz

Answer 1

the ratio is green peppers: onion: tomato
1 : 3 : 10

if you use 1 cup of green peppers, how many cups of onion do you use ?

Answer 2

3 idk... :/

Answer 3

yes, 3 cups of onion. that is what the ratio is telling you.
if you use 1 cup of green peppers, how many cups of tomato do you use ?

Answer 4

10 cups

Answer 5

Let's say you start with 1 cup of green peppers. add 3 cups of onion and 10 cups of tomato.
how many cups total do you have ?

Answer 6

14

Answer 7

now if you make another batch the same size (14 cups) how many cups total will you have ?

Answer 8

28

Answer 9

how many of the 28 cups will be onion ?

Answer 10

6

Answer 11

?

Answer 12

yes, 6 cups of onion.

you have 3 cups of onion in the first batch of 14 cups ( 1 cup of green peppers, 3 of onion, 10 of tomato)

you have 3 more cups of onion in the second batch of 14 cups

Answer 13

now if you made 4 equal batches of 14 cups each, how much total will you have ?

Answer 14

42 total cups and 12 cups of onion

Answer 15

4 batches should give you 4*14 or 14+14+14+14 = 56 cups total
each batch has 3 cups of onion, so 4*3 = 12 cups of onion

Answer 16

How many cups of onion are needed to make 56 cups of salsa?

Answer 17

how many cups of onion are used to make 56 cups of salsa ?

Answer 18

12 cups?

Answer 19

yes