Question

If Mark uses 3 3/4 tablespoons of coffee to make 10 cups of coffee, how much would he need to make one cup of coffee?

Answer 1

3/8 Tablespoon per cup

Explanation:

Our unit rate here is

3 3/4 Tablespoons

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10 cups coffee

Converting 3 3/4 to an improper fraction, we get 15/4 Tablespoons:

15/4 Tablespoons 15

--------------------------- = -------- Tablespoons/cup

10 cups coffee 40

Reduce this by dividing numerator and denominator both by 5:

3/8 Tablespoon per cup

Answer 2

3 3/4 tablespoons of coffee to make 10 cups of coffee

3 3/4 =15/4

10 cups require 15/4 tablespoon of coffee

1 cup require how much

15/4 divide by 10

15/4 ÷ 10

=15/4 * 1/10

=15/40

=3/8 tablespoon of coffee for 1 cup of coffee