Question

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Becca has a biscuit recipe that uses 2/3 of a tablespoon of salt for every 3/4 of a cup of flour. In order to have enough biscuits for her family that is visiting, Becca is making a batch of biscuits using 3 cups of flour and _______ tablespoons of salt.

Answer 1

please help I'm not understanding this

Answer 2

hello? plz someone HELP!

Answer 3

ok so, this is a proportion you need to set up

Answer 4

what you are saying is that the ratio will hold

Answer 5

so we have to set up an eq, any ideas?

Answer 6

umm...not really im terrible at math

Answer 7

it's ok, and no one is terrible at math, they just haven't learned it yet. Don't get yourself down. so let me explain using different ex

Answer 8

If for every 5 dollars I have I can buy 3 pairs of shoes, how many shoes can I buy with 15 dollars?

Answer 9

5?

Answer 10

wait no

Answer 11

9?

Answer 12

yep 9

Answer 13

so what you just solved was this proportion, \(\frac{5}{3}=\frac{15}{x}\)

Answer 14

or dollars over quantity = dollars over quantity

Answer 15

so, you solved for x, how did you do it

Answer 16

i broke down 15 like this: 5, 10, 15. then i counted by 3's for each one and got 9(not a very good explanation)

Answer 17

nope, that is another way of doing it, I want you to try it using this proportion though. It's a little bitt of algebra

Answer 18

(a perfectly viable way too)

Answer 19

do you know how to solve that eq? or would you like a walk through then another one you solve?

Answer 20

explanation then another solve

Answer 21

alright, so first, we are going to cross multiply to get rid of our fractions (and get our x on top. \[\frac{5}{3}=\frac{15}{x}\]\[5 x=3\times 15\]\[5x=45\]
do you follow?

Answer 22

yea

Answer 23

so now we want to solve for x by dividing both sides by 5. \[5x=45\]\[x=\frac{45}{5}\]
Then we simplify
\[x=9\]
do you see how I did that?

Answer 24

yes that makes more sense thxs

Answer 25

ok so now, how about you solve this one, \[\frac{4}{3}=\frac{x}{9}\]

Answer 26

ok

Answer 27

x=12

Answer 28

show me your steps before i tell you if you are right

Answer 29

ok

Answer 30

i cross multiplied 4 and 9 and got 36 and i cross multiplied x and 3 to get 3x. then i divided 3 on both sides to get x by itself and then 36/3 is 12. so x=12

Answer 31

very good, so now I want you to set up the proportion for your problem. do salt over flour=salt over flour

Answer 32

ok but the question already went away srry i wasted your time.

Answer 33

went away? you didn't waste it, you still can figure it out

Answer 34

ok

Answer 35

sorry i got to go. you helped a lot and i understand it thanks :)

Answer 36

ohk? have a good one

Answer 37

bye