Question

It takes 1 2 cups of sugar to make 3 8 gallons of sweet tea. If the recipe is for 1 gallon of sweat tea, how much sugar is needed to make triple the recipe?

Answer 1

The Answer is 4

Explanation:

1/2 / 8/3

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1 * 8

2 * 3

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8/2 *3

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8/6

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4/3

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= 4

Answer 2

Answer: 36

Explanation:

triple of 38 is 38 × 3 = 114 gallon

using proportion to solve tgis question

12 cups = 38 gallons

x = 114gallons

cross multiply

38x = 12 × 114

38x = 1368

divide bothside by 38

38x/38 = 1368/38

x = 36

Therefore 36 gallons of sugar is needed