To make 12 ounces of hot chocolate, 3 tablespoons of cocoa are needed. how many tablespoons of cocoa are needed to make 72 ounces of hot chocolate?

You can jst equate themas follows
12 ounces of chocolate = 3 tablespoons
72 ounces of chocolate = x tablespoons
Cross multiply from this sttep. It will become
12x= 72 multiplied by 3
12x = 216
Divide both sides by 12
12x/12 = 216/12
x = 18
You will need 18 tablespoons of cocoa to make 72 ounces of hot chocolate

In the given problem most of the required information’s are already provided. Based on these information’s the correct answer to the problem can be easily deduced.
For making 12 ounces of hot chocolate the number of tablespoons of cocoa required = 3
Then Number of tablespoons of cocoa required to make
72 ounces of hot chocolate = (3/12) * 72
                                             = 3 * 6
                                             = 18
So 18 tablespoons of cocoa are required to make 72 ounces of hot chocolate.