Question

Online, Terrell found a soup recipe that requires 1/4 of a teaspoon of pepper for every 1/2 of a teaspoon of dried basil. For a big event, Terrell wants to make a huge pot of soup. If he uses 1 teaspoon of dried basil, how much pepper should he use?

Answer 1

He should use 1/2 of a teaspoon of pepper.

Explanation:

From the question, the soup recipe requires 1/4 of a teaspoon of pepper for every 1/2 of a teaspoon of dried basil.

Now, to determine how much pepper Terrell should use if he uses 1 teaspoon of dried basil for the huge pot of soup,

Let the quantity be x

If 1/4 of a teaspoon of pepper requires 1/2 of a teaspoon of dried basil,

then, x teaspoon of pepper will require 1 teaspoon of dried basil

x = (1/4 × 1) ÷ (1/2)

x = 1/4 ÷ 1/2

x = 1/4 × 2/1

x = 2/4

x = 1/2

∴ 1/2 of a teaspoon of pepper is required for 1 teaspoon of dried basil.

Hence, he should use 1/2 of a teaspoon of pepper.