Question

A recipe that makes eight Jamberma muffins calls for 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder how much baking powder is needed to make three dozen muffins

Answer 1

If you would like to know how much baking powder is needed to make three dozen muffins, you can calculate this using the following steps:

8 Jamberma muffins ... 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
3 dozen muffins = 3 * 12 = 36 muffins ... x teaspoons of baking powder = ?

8 * x = 1 1/2 * 36
8 * x = 3/2 * 36
8 * x = 54
x = 54 / 8
x = 27 / 4 = 6 3/4 teaspoons

The correct result would be 6 3/4 teaspoons of baking powder.

Answer 2

8/ (1 1/2) = 36/x....8 muffins to 1 1/2 tsp = 36 ( 3 doz) muffins to x tsp
this is a proportion, so we cross multiply
(8)(x) = (1 1/2)(36)
8x = 3/2 * 36
8x = 108/2
8x = 54
x = 54/8
x = 6 3/4 <=== 6 3/4 tsps are needed to make 3 doz muffins