Jenn is preparing brown rice. She needs 1 1 2 cups of brown rice and 2 cups of water. Jenn has only a 1 8 -cup measuring cup. How many 1 8 -cups each of rice and water will Jenn use to prepare the rice?

She will need 12 1/8 cups of brown rice and 16 1/8 cups of water.

Step-by-step explanation:

You will want to convert 1 1/2 cups into an improper fraction, as well as 2 cups.

1 1/2 = 3/2

2 = 2/1

Now that you have done that you will then have to find a common denominator. You will need to list the multiples for 8 and lowest common factor so you don't have to simplify at the end.

The multiples of 8: 1, 2, 4, and 8

As shown above 2 is a multiple of 8. Therefore you will need to multiply the denominator by 4. This is because 2 x 4 equals 8. So now the denominator is 8. You will now need to multiply the numerator by 4 because that is what you multiplied the bottom by. It will be 3 x 4, and will therefore equal 12. The final improper fraction will be 12/8. The numerator then becomes the answer because that is the amount of 1/8 cups that you will need.

You then repeat this with 2/1. However you will need to multiply the denominator by a different number because it is 1. Looking at the multiples of 8 above, you will multiply the 1 by 8, therefore giving you 8 as the denominator. You will then multiply the numerator by 8 as well. This will result in an answer of 16. You will then have a 16/8. You will need 16 1/8 cups of water.

36 girls

step-by-step explanation:

the 48 boys is 4 parts of the ratio

divide 48 by 4 to obtain one part of the ratio

= 12 ← 1 part of the ratio

3 parts = 3 × 12 = 36 ← number of girls

hello!

to begin with, we're given that on earth, a rock weighs 20 pounds, and while on jupiter, that same rock weighs 42 pounds. now, we're trying to find the weight of a rock that weighs 10.5 pounds on earth, on jupiter.

to solve this, first, set up a proportion, cross-multiply, and solve it algebraically.

setting up the proportion is the hardest and the most confusing part of the problem, but it's simple.

if on earth, the rock weighs 20 lbs, and on jupiter it weighs 42 lbs, our first part of our proportion is 20/42 lbs. the second part has to be equal to each other. this means that 10.5 has to be on the numerator of the fraction, and x, the value we're trying to find, has to be on the denominator. remember that the rock weighs 10.5 lbs on earth, and we're trying to find the weight of it on jupiter (which is x).

20/42 = 10.5/x

next, you would cross-multiply.

20x = 42(10.5)

20x = 441

now, solve it algebraically by using division.

x = 22.05 lbs

this can be rounded to 22.1 lbs.

therefore, the weight of the rock on jupiter is 22.1 lbs, the fourth choice.