Question

A recipe that severs 6 calls for 3/4 cup of sour cream how much sour cream is needed to serve 8

Answer 1

1 cup of sour cream is needed to serve 8 people.

Explanation:

• Since the servings is proportional to the cups of sour cream (s), we can determine how much sour cream is needed to serve 8 people using a proportion.

For the sake of the clarity, let's use the decimal 0.75 instead of 3/4:

6 servings / 0.75 cups = 8 servings / s cups

6/0.75 = 8/s

(8 = 8/s) * s

(8s = 8) / 8

s = 1

Thus, 1 cup of sour cream is needed to serve 8 people.