Elsie made a snack mix using the following recipe. 1 1/2 cups of pretzels, 3/4 cup peanuts, 3/4 cup chocolate chips,1/4 cup bread crisps. If she used 6 cups of pretzels and wanted to keep the ingredients proportional, how many cups of chocolate chips would she need to use?
+128475 Elsie made a snack mix using the following recipe. 1 1/2 cups of pretzels, 3/4 cup peanuts, 3/4 cup chocolate chips,1/4 cup bread crisps. If she used 6 cups of pretzels and wanted to keep the ingredients proportional, how many cups of chocolate chips would she need to use?
In the new mixture, we need 6 / (1 1/2) = 6 / ( 3/2) = 6 * 2 / 3 = 12 /3 = 4 times as much of each of the ingredients
So....the chocolate chips needed = 4 (3/4) = 3 cups
