A chef at a local diner wishes to increase the amounts of ingredients shown below to make a proportional recipe for the lunch menu.  The new, scaled recipe has 9 cups of black beans.      Soup (serves 4):  9 cups of cooked black beans  x cup salsa 2 cups water 1 medium tomato chopped 2 teaspoons Adobe seasoning Total cost of soup:  $1.25 per serving   Write a proportion that gives the number of servings from the new recipe.   Solve the proportion determined from problem 8 using cross products.

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A chef at a local diner wishes to increase the amounts of ingredients shown below to make a proportional recipe for the lunch menu.  The new, scaled recipe has 9 cups of black beans.   

 

Soup (serves 4):

 9 cups of cooked black beans

 x cup salsa

2 cups water

1 medium tomato chopped

2 teaspoons Adobe seasoning

Total cost of soup:  $1.25 per serving

 

Write a proportion that gives the number of servings from the new recipe.

 

Solve the proportion determined from problem 8 using cross products.

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