A banana bread recipe calls for 3/4 cup butter. One tablespoon equals 1/16 cup. How many tablespoons of butter are needed to make the banana bread?

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3/4 of a cup is the same as 12/16 of a cup. if one tablespoon is 1/16 of a cup, then 12 tablespoons of butter are required

Answer:

Banana recipe will require 12 table spoons of butter.

Step-by-step explanation:

Banana bread recipe requires the butter = \(\frac{3}{4}\) cups

Since \(\frac{1}{6}\) cup = 1 table spoon

Therefore, 1 cup = \(\frac{1}{\frac{1}{16}}\) = 16 table spoons

Therefore, \(\frac{3}{4}\) cup of butter = \(\frac{3}{4}\times 16\)

= 12 table spoons of butter

So Banana recipe will require 12 table spoons of butter.