Preston puts 1/2 cup of chopped tomatoes into each salad he makes how many salads can he make with 3 cups of tomatoes

6 salads

Step-by-step explanation:

There is 1/2 a cup of tomatoes in each salad Preston makes. He wants to make salads with 3 cups, so set up a proportion:

, where x is the number of salads he can make

Cross-multiply:

(1/2) * x = 3

x = 3 ÷ (1/2) = 6

He can make 6 salads.

6 salads

Step-by-step explanation:

Cups : salads

½ : 1

3 : X

X/3 = 1/½

X = 3 × 2

X = 6

sum= when you add is how much the whole amount is

distance= when you use angles and it means how far it goes

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