A recipe that makes 8 jumbo blueberry muffins calls for 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder how much making baking powder is needed to make 3 dozen jumbo muffins
a dozen is 12 jumbo muffins, so 3 dozen is 36 muffins.
We know how much sugar is needed for 8 muffins, and 36 divided by 8 is equal to 4. So we need four times the previous amount.
1.5 tsp x 4 = 6 teaspoons.
we know that
For make \(8\) jumbo blueberry muffins is needed \(1\frac{1}{2}\) teaspoons of baking powder
\(1\frac{1}{2}=1.5\)
So
by proportion
\(\frac{8}{1.5} =\frac{36}{x} \\ \\ 8x=36*1.5\\ \\ x=\frac{36*1.5}{8} \\ \\ x=6.75\)
\(x=6\frac{3}{4}\) teaspoons of baking powder
therefore
the answer is
\(6\frac{3}{4}\) teaspoons of baking powder