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ACT Aspire Math: How Many Onions Should Willy Use in His Salsa? 0 Views


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In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, Willy wants to make salsa. The recipe calls for cup of onions for two servings of salsa.

If Willy only wants to make half a serving of salsa, how many cups of onions should he use?


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Okay Aspiring math drill people Here we go moving forward

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in celebration of cinco de my oh willie wants to

00:12

make salsa The recipe calls for one fourth of a

00:15

cup of onions for two servings of salsa That's one

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fourth cup onions for two servings If willy only wants

00:23

to make half a serving of salsa how many cups

00:27

of onions should he used Well we're glad willi celebrating

00:34

cinco tamayo even though it's likely he has no idea

00:36

what exactly it is that he's celebrating Yeah it's that

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well maybe he's planning this party for one reason because

00:43

of his confusion of the holiday and what it means

00:47

All right well you do You willy If willie needs

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a fourth of a cup of onions for two servings

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of salsa then he only needs half of that for

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one serving right to be a fourth time's half So

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it's an eighth right So that be for one serving

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But in this problem willie wants even less than one

01:04

serving He only wants half of a serving so we

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need teo do that home multiplying by a half thing

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again So that's one eighth time's one half That gets

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you one sixteenth Willie needs to use one sixteen The

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answer's Aye right there Cup of onions and well for

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our next trick we're going to calculate the perfect chip

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the salsa ratio using the taste test method

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