Question

Maria is using 208 ounces of water to make some soup. Her recipe calls for 2 fluid ounces of olive oil for every 13 cups of water. How much olive does she need with this recipe? There are 8 ounces in a cup. *

Answer 1

4 ounces

Explanation:

-We first convert the cup capacity into ounces.

`13 \ cups=8 \ oz* 13\\\\=104 \ oz`

#We now know that for every 2 cups of olive oil, she uses 104 ounces of water.

-Let x be the amount of olive oil used. We then equate and cross multiply to solve for x:

`104\ oz= 2 \ \\208=x\\\\\therefore x=(2* 208)/(104)\\\\=4\ oz`

Hence, 4 ounces of oil will be used for the soup.