Question

Jason makes a fruit salad using only strawberries and blue berries. The ratio of strawberries to blueberries in Jason's fruit salad is 4 cups to 5 cups

Answer 1

Complete question :

Jason makes a fruit salad using only strawberries and blueberries. The ratio of strawberries to blueberries in Jason's fruit salad is 4 cups to 5 cups.

Options is in the attached picture

Which statement describes the contents of Jason's fruit salad?

Answer:

Blueberry makes up 5/9 of the fruit salad

Step-by-step explanation:

Ratio of strawberries to blue berries is 4cups to 5 cups

Hence, in a fruit salad makeup ;

We can say we have 4 cups of strawberry for every 5 cups of blue berry

Fraction of strawberry and blueberries :

Total ratio = (4 + 5) = 9

Fraction of strawberry = 4/ 9

Fraction of blueberry = 5/9

Hence, from the option  , the statement ;

Blueberry makes up 5/9 of the fruit salad is true since both are the only ingredients used