Question

Lupe’s chili recipe makes 12 servings and uses 12 green peppers and 4 red peppers. Drag green peppers and red peppers into the box to show how many Lupe needs for 9 servings.

Answer 1

9 green peppers and 3 red peppers

Explanation:

Lupe's chili recipe makes 12 servings and uses green peppers = 12

Therefore, for 1 serving he uses =
`(12)/(12)` = 1 green pepper

He uses red peppers for 12 servings = 4

for 1 serving he uses =
`(4)/(12)` red pepper

∴ for 9 servings Lupe needs green pepper = 1 × 9 = 9 green peppers

and for 9 servings Lupe needs red pepper =
`(4)/(12)` × 9

=
`(36)/(12)`

= 3 red peppers

Lupe needs 9 green peppers and 3 red peppers for 9 servings