Answer:
3.75 cups of baking soda are needed to make 2 and 1/2 batches of the cleaning product
Step-by-step explanation:
This question can be solved by a rule of three.
A recipe says that 1 and 3/4 cups of baking soda are needed to make one batch of a homemade cleaning product.
1 + 3/4 cups = 1 + 0.75 = 1.75 cups for one batch.
How many total cups of baking soda are needed to make 2 and 1/2 batches of the cleaning product?
2 and 1/2 batches is 2 + 0.5 = 2.5 batches.
1.75 cups for one batch. How many cups for 2.5 batches? So
1 batch - 1.5 cups
2.5 batches - x cups
c = 2.5*1.5 = 3.75
3.75 cups of baking soda are needed to make 2 and 1/2 batches of the cleaning product
Answer: 4 and 3/8 cups of baking soda
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that (1 + 3/4) cups of baking soda are needed to make 1 batch.
Then, fot 2 and 1/2 batches, we will need 2 and 1/2 times the amount of baking soda that we need for only one batch, this is:
(2 + 1/2)*(1 + 3/4) = 2*1 + (1/2)*1 + 2*(3/4) + (1/2)*(3/4) = 2 + 1/2 + 3/2 + 3/8
= 2 + 4/2 + 3/8 = 2 + 2 + 3/8 = 4 + 3/8
So for making 2 and 1/2 batches of the product, the amount of baking soda needed is 4 and 3/8 cups.
