Question

A restaurant makes vegetable soup using 22 cups of mixed vegetables and 25 cups of stock. Henri trys to make this at home with 5 cups of mixed vegetables and 10 cups of stock. Is Henri using the correct ratio? Explain

Answer 1

Answer

No, Henri not using the incorrect ratio .

Reason

As given

A restaurant makes vegetable soup using 22 cups of mixed vegetables and 25 cups of stock.

i.e  

$for\ 1cup\of\ mixed\ vegetable = \frac{25}{22} cups\ of\ stock.$

Now 5 cups of the  mixed vegetables the number of stock required be .

$= \frac{5\times 25}{22}$

solving the above

= 5.7 (approx) cups of stock is required .

Therefore Henri using the incorrect ratio for 5 cups of the mixed vegetables

5.7 (approx) cups of stock is required .