Answers:
A. 1c/2lb
B. 8 cups of dressing
SOLUTION
Given that a catering company’s recipe for Salad uses a
ratio of 2c of dressing to 4 lb of vegetables
A. Write a ratio of dressing to vegetables as a reduced
fraction
A reduced fraction is the expression of a ratio in its simplest
fractional form
Dressing: Vegetable = 2c : 4 lb
In fractional form,
2c/4lb
2 is a common factor to both numerator and denominator
Therefore, in reduced fractional form,
2c/4lb = 1c/2lb
Therefore, ratio of dressing to vegetables as a reduced
fraction is 1c/2lb
B. How many cups of dressing would they need for 16 lb of
vegetables
1c = 2lb
16lb = ?
Since 1c = 2lb
2lb = 1c
1lb = 1/2 c
16lb = 16(1/2)c
16lb = 8c
Therefore, they would need 8 cups of dressing for 16 lb of
vegetables
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2560-1944= 616gallons
7 days in a week or 14 days in two weeks
616gallons / 14days = 44 gallons / 1 day
Notice in the fraction we have
(Gallons / days)
Now if you filled the take up the entire way
2560 gallons
We have gallons and the question wants the amount of days
Thus to cancel gallons we set the equation up as such
(2560 gallons) x (1 day / 44 gallons) = 58.18 days
Or 58 days