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 of dark chocolate

Answer 2

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Answer:

9 cups

Explanation:

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.