Question

Nicole uses 5 ounces of mushrooms, 2 ounces of butter and 1/4 pint of cream to make mushroom soup. If Nicole uses 15 ounces of mushrooms, how many pints of cream does she use?

Answer 1

Nicole will use 3/4 pint of cream for 15 ounces of mushrooms. This was calculated by determining that she is making three times the original recipe and scaling the quantity of cream accordingly.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how much cream Nicole uses when she scales up her mushroom soup recipe from 5 ounces of mushrooms to 15 ounces, we need to set up a proportion based on the quantities given. She originally uses 1/4 pint of cream for 5 ounces of mushrooms.

First, we find the factor by which the amount of mushrooms has been increased: 15 ounces ÷ 5 ounces = 3. This means Nicole is making 3 times the original recipe.

Next, we multiply the amount of cream by this factor to find the new quantity for the increased recipe:

1/4 pint × 3 = 3/4 pint

Therefore, Nicole will use 3/4 pint of cream for 15 ounces of mushrooms.

Answer 2

If Nicole uses 15 ounces of mushrooms, then she will need 3/4 pints of ice cream.