Question

Meg makes a flour blend at home using barley and wheat flour in a ratio of 2:3. How many ounces of barley does she use when she uses 27 ounces of wheat flour?

Answer 1

18

Explanation:

Answer 2

18 ounces of barley

Explanation:

If Meg uses barley and wheat flour in a ratio of 2:3, we can set up equivalent ratios in order to find how many ounces of barley Meg would need if she uses 27 ounces of wheat flour:

`(barley)/(wheat flour)` =
`(2)/(3)` =
`(x)/(27)`

We can solve for 'x' (the number of ounces of barley) using a few different methods. We can cross-multiply and divide: 27(2) = 3x, or x = 18. We can also see what factor we multiply the 3 by to get 27 and multiply the numerator (2) by the same number. Since 3 x 9 = 27, then 2 x 9 = 18.