Question

A grocery store manager uses 1/2 crate of apples for every 3/4 crate if oranges in a fruit display. How many crates of oranges will she need if she uses 2 1/2 crates of apples?

Answer 1

Explanation:

You would first make a proportion.

.5/.75 = 2.5/x

So, .5x = 1.875

x = 15/4

Answer 2

15/4

Explanation:

This is a proportion question

It says 1/2 crates of apple are used for every 3/4 crates of oranges

For 5/2 crates of apple, x crates of oranges will be needed.

To get x, we simply multiply 1/2 by x and equate it to 3/4 multiplied by 5/2

This means: 0.5x = 0.75 × 2.5

x = ( 0.75 × 2.5 ) ÷ 0.5 = 3.75

Hence for 5/2 crates for apple, she will need 15/4 crates of oranges.