It takes 1/2 cups of sugar to make 3/8 gallons of sweet tea. if the recipe is for 1 gallon of sweat tea, how much sugar is needed to make triple the recipe?
a) 2 cups of sugar
b) 3 cups of sugar
c) 4 cups of sugar
d) 6 cups of sugar

Option C

4 cups of sugar is needed

Solution:

Given that It takes 1/2 cups of sugar to make 3/8 gallons of sweet tea

cups of sugar =

gallons of sweet tea =

If the recipe is for 1 gallon of sweat tea, then the cups of sugar needed is given as:

On cross-multiplying we get,

So to make triple the receipe, quantity of sugar needed is:

so the receipe is for 3 gallon of sweet tea, then sugar needed is:

Thus 4 cups of sugar is needed

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