Question

A recipe for 3 dozen blueberry muffins requires 4 cups of blueberries. marie is making 60 muffins for a bake sale. which proportion can marie use to determine how many cups of blueberries she will need

Answer 1

1 cup of blueberries equal 9 muffins 1:9 then divide 60 by 9 and you will get 6.66666666 repeating so round up to 7 cups of blueberries

Answer 2

6.67 cups rounded of to 7 cups of blueberries.

Explanation:

1 dozen = 12 muffins

3 dozen = 12 × 3 = 36 muffins

4 cups of blueberries are requires for = 36 blueberry muffins

1 cup of blueberry is require to make =
`(36)/(4)` = 9 muffins

Marie is making 60 muffins, So she needs =
`(60)/(9)` = 6.67 cups

Marie would need 6.67 cups of blueberries to make 60 muffins for a bake sale.