Tina is making coffe for 18 people in a meeting. She plans for each person to get 2 cups of coffee. If each pot makes 12 cups, how pots of coffee does Tina need to make?

3 pots

Step-by-step explanation:

if there are 18 people and everyone gets 2 cups then that 36 cups of coffee. If each pot makes 12 cups the 12 times 3 is equal to 36. So Tina will need to make 3 pots.

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step-by-step explanation:

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have