Question

Madeline is making hummus for a potluck. Usually she uses 3 cloves of garlic and 17 ounces of chick peas, but this time she needs to serve more people. If she is using 68 ounces of chick peas, how many cloves of garlic will she need?

Answer 1

Answer: 12 Cloves of Garlic

Explanation:

You can set this up as a fraction, we can use
`(3)/(17\\)` to show what she normally uses, and we can use
`(x)/(68)` for the amount of garlic cloves she needs over the amount of chick peas she is using.Then you can cross multiply. Your equation would then be
`17x = 204`. Lastly we need to get x by itself.
`(17x)/(17) = (204)/(17)` This equation would simplify to
`x = 12`, which is the amount of garlic cloves she needs.

You could also set this up as a ratio, so for every 3 cloves she needs 17 ounces of chick peas. You would just divide 68 by 17 then multiply the quotient by 3.

Answer 2

I think it would be 12, because 17 ounces times 4 would be 68. So 3 times 4 would equal 12?