Question

Chris mixes 4cups of cereal 3cups of pecans 2 cuos of raisins how can you use ratios to compare quantities of each ingredient and the total amount of snack mix

Answer 1

cereal : pecans : raisins = 2 : 1.5 : 1

Explanation:

Given:

The amount of cereal in snack mix = 4 cups

The amount of pecans in snack mix = 3 cups

The amount of raisins in snack mix = 2 cups

Therefore,

The total amount of snack = 4 cups + 3 cups + 2 cups = 9 cups

Now,

The ratio is given as:

=
`\frac{\textup{Amount of a substance in a mix}}{\textup{Total amount of mix}}`

therefore,

Ratio of cereal in snack mix =
`\frac{\textup{4 cups}}{\textup{9 cups}}`

and,

Ratio of pecans in snack mix =
`\frac{\textup{3 cups}}{\textup{9 cups}}`

Ratio of raisins in snack mix =
`\frac{\textup{2 cups}}{\textup{9 cups}}`

Now,

we have ratio as:

4 : 3 : 2

i.e cereal : pecans : raisins

taking 2 common

we get

2 : 1.5 : 1

therefore,

the maximum amount