Question

Alan makes a fruit salad using strawberries and blueberries. He uses 5 cups of strawberries fir every 3 cups of blueberries. Which measure represents the amount of strawberries Alan uses fir every 1 cup of fruit salad?

Answer 1

His salad calls for 8 cups of salad to maintain the given ratio. So the ratio is 5/8 for the strawberries.

Let x be what he needs for 1 cup of fruit

5/8 = x / 1           Cross multiply

5 = 8x                 Divide by 8

x = 5/8 of a cup of strawberries or

x = 0.625 cups of strawberries.