Question

You work for a catering company who just got an order in for 5 giant fruit salads. If you make the giant fruit salads according to the equation above, will you be able to fill the order if you have 10 pineapples, 20 cantaloupes, and 75 bunches of grapes?A.) No, the cantaloupes will be limiting.B.) No, the grapes will be limiting.C.) No, the pineapples will be limiting.D.) Yes, you have enough of everything.

Answer 1

We need to find out how many fruits we need to make 5 giang fruit salads. For this, we use the rule of 3:

1 giant fruit salad --- 2 pineapples

5 giant fruit salad --- x pineapples

x = 10 pineapples

1 giant fruit salad --- 3 cantaloupes

5 giant fruit salad --- x cantaloupes

x = 15 cantaloupes

1 giant fruit salad --- 16 bunches of grapes

5 giant fruit salad --- x bunches of grapes

x = 80 bunches of grapes

As we can see, we have exactly the right amount of pineapples, 5 more cantaloupes, and 5 fewer bunches of grapes.

It means that cantaloupes are in excess and the grapes are limiting.

Answer: No, the grapes will be limiting.