Question

Julie, a cafeteria manager, is making a large amount of chicken soup to serve for lunch tomorrow.

For every 2 cups of carrots she uses in the soup, she uses 3 cups of celery. If she uses 18 cups of
celery, how many cups of carrots did she use?

Answer 1

12 cups

Explanation:

Divide the given amount of celery, 18 cups, by the number of cups in the given ratio, 3 cups.

`18/3=6`

This number is how many times the ratio Julie used. Use this number to multiply the ratio number of carrots, 2 cups

`2*6=12`

Julie uses 12 cups of carrots in her chicken soup

`(12)/(18)=(2)/(3)`