A ratio is used to describe how two or more quantities are related. For example, we might say that a fruit drink calls for sugar crystals to be mixed with water in a ratio of 2:8. This means that for every 2 scoops sugar crystals, there will need to be 8 ounces of water. If there were 200 scoops of sugar crystals, there would need to be 800 ounces of water.
By the time she achieves her 26 mile goal Andrea will have run 176 miles.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since Andrea runs 4 miles every day, but she wants to increase her distance in order to run a 26 mile marathon and she decides to add 2 miles each day to her distance until she achieves her goal, to determine, if she starts with 6 miles today, how many miles will she have run in total, by the time she achieves her 26 mile goal the following calculation should be performed: