Question

Chef Lori uses 1 1/4 cup of milk for every 3/4 cup of broth in her soup recipe. This recipe will feed 4 people. Lori is making soup for a banquet that will feed 120 people. How many gallons of milk and broth combined does she need.​

Answer 1

Answer: To make soup for 4 people, Lori needs 1 1/4 cups of milk for every 3/4 cup of broth. Therefore, the ratio of milk to broth is:

(1 1/4 cups milk) / (3/4 cup broth) = (5/4 cups milk) / (3/4 cups broth) = (5/3) cups milk per cup of broth

To make soup for 120 people, Lori needs to multiply the ratio by 30 (120/4) to get the total amount of milk and broth needed:

(5/3 cups milk per cup of broth) * 30 = 50 cups of milk per 30 cups of broth

To convert cups to gallons, we divide by 16 (since there are 16 cups in a gallon):

50/16 = 3.125 gallons of milk

30/16 = 1.875 gallons of broth

Therefore, Lori needs a total of 3.125 + 1.875 = 5 gallons of milk and broth combined.

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