Question

A baker uses 34 cup of honey in one of his cakes. There are 60 calories in 18 cup of honey. How many calories are in 34 cups of honey?

Answer 1

There are 113
`(1)/(3)` calories in 34 cups of honey.

Explanation:

In order to find the amount of calories in 34 cups of honey, we can use the given values of 60 calories in 18 cups to find the unit rate, or the amount of calories in just one cup of honey. Unit rate is found by comparing the two amounts as a ratio (fraction) and dividing the numerator by the denominator:

`(60)/(18)` = 3
`(1)/(3)` calories/cup

Since there are 3
`(1)/(3)` calories per cup of honey, we can find the total calories in 34 cups by multiplying:

3
`(1)/(3)` =
`(10)/(3)` x
`(34)/(1)` = 113
`(1)/(3)`