Question

A banana bread recipe calls for 3/4 cup butter. One tablespoon equals 1/16 cup. How many tablespoons of butter are needed to make the banana bread?

Answer 1

3/4 of a cup is the same as 12/16 of a cup. if one tablespoon is 1/16 of a cup, then 12 tablespoons of butter are required

Answer 2

Banana recipe will require 12 table spoons of butter.

Explanation:

Banana bread recipe requires the butter =
`(3)/(4)` cups

Since
`(1)/(6)` cup = 1 table spoon

Therefore, 1 cup =
`(1)/((1)/(16))` = 16 table spoons

Therefore,
`(3)/(4)` cup of butter =
`(3)/(4)* 16`

= 12 table spoons of butter

So Banana recipe will require 12 table spoons of butter.