Question

A catering company’s recipe for salad uses a ratio of 2 c of dressing to 4 lb of vegetables. Draw a model for the ratio. Write the ratio of dressing to vegetables as a reduced fraction

Answer 1

The ratio of dressing to vegetable in its reduced form is determined by dividing the amount of dressing by the amount of vegetables. This will give us the answer of,
                                       2 c / 4 lb
In its simplest form, we divide both the numerator and denominator by 2 and the final answer would be,
                                              1 c / 2 lb