Question

Linda's recipe makes 20 chocolate candies. She uses: 1 cup cream 3 cups dark chocolate Using Linda's recipe: 2. How much dark chocolate will you need to make 60 candies? Write proportion and solve.​

Answer 1

9 cups

If x represents the number of cups of dark chocolate needed for 60 candies, the proportion can be ...

cups/candies = 3/20 = x/60

Multiplying by 60 gives ...

x = 60(3/20) = 9

You need 9 cups of chocolate for 60 candies.