Question

Part 1: What is the rate of rice to quarts of water for this recipe that uses 4 pounds of rice and 5 quarts of boiling water?​

Answer 1

Given:

A recipe uses 4 pounds of rice and 5 quarts of boiling water.

To find:

The rate of rice to quarts of water for this recipe.

Solution:

We need to divide the amount of rice by amount of water to get the rate of rice to quarts of water for this recipe.

$\text{Required rate}=\dfrac{\text{Rice in pounds}}{\text{Water in quarts}}$

$\text{Required rate}=\dfrac{4}{5}$

$\text{Required rate}=0.8$

Therefore, the  rate of rice to quarts of water for this recipe is 0.8.