Question

to make applesauce you need 2 cups of sugar for every 16 apples use the ratio table to find out how many cups of sugar you need if you have 4 apples

Answer 1

For this case we are going to define the following variables:
 x: number of cups of sugar
 y: number if apples
 We then have the following relationship:
 $\frac{x}{y} = \frac{2}{16}$
 For 4 apples we have: $\frac{x}{4} = \frac{2}{16}$
 From here, we clear the value of x.
 We have then:
 $x = 4 \frac{2}{16}$
 $x= \frac{8}{16}$
 $x= \frac{1}{2}$
 Answer:
 you need 1/2 cups of sugar if you have 4 apples