Question

Jim is making salsa. His recipe calls for 3 1 3 cups of tomato sauce for every 1 6 cups of cilantro. If Jim has 1 cup of cilantro, how many cups of tomato sauce will he need?

Answer 1

Answer: 20 cups of tomato

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that Jim is making salsa and that his recipe calls for 3 1/3 cups of tomato sauce for every 1/6 cups of cilantro.

If Jim has 1 cup of cilantro, thus simply means that he has multiplied the previous cup of cilantro by:

= 1 ÷ 1/6

= 1 × 6/1

= 6

Therefore, we would also multiply the cups of tomato by 6. This will be:

= 3 1/3 × 6

= 10/3 × 6

= 20 cups of tomato