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10 POINTS) A recipe requires 4.5 teaspoons of sugar to make a cup of pudding. Which equation shows the number of teaspoons of sugar, y, needed to make x cups of pudding?

x = 4.5y
y = 4.5 + x
y = 4.5x
x = 4.5 + y

User Nexuscreator
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Answer:

C. y = 4.5x

Explanation:

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User Utsav Barnwal
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Answer:

C. y = 4.5x

Explanation:

The recipe calls for 4.5 teaspoons of sugar to make each cup of pudding. To make 2 cups of pudding, we would need two groups of 4.5 teaspoons, or 4.5+4.5=9 teaspoons of sugar. To make 3 cups of pudding, we would need 3 groups of 4.5 teaspoons, or 4.5+4.5+4.5=13.5 teaspoons of sugar. This repeated addition can be simplified as multiplication, because 4.5+4.5=4.5*2. We will need y teaspoons of sugar to make x cups of pudding. For each cup of pudding, we need 4.5 teaspoons of sugar. So, y=4.5x. If we made 2 cups of pudding (meaning x = 2 now), we fill that in and solve for y, which equals 9, as seen at the start.

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