Question

juli uses 12 ounces of cheese in her potato soup recipe. her recipe yields 8 servings. If julil needs enough for 20 servings how many pounds of cheese will she need

Answer 1

set up a proportion
12/8 = x/20
cross multiply
8x = 12*20
8x = 240
divide both sides by 8
x = 30 ounces of cheese

CHECK
12/8 ?=? 30/20
1.5 ?=? 1.5 CHECKS