Question

In Felicia’s lasagna recipe, for every 3 cups of tomato sauce, 5 pounds of ground beef are used. Write this ratio using a fraction. Label the numbers in the fraction.

Answer 1

`ratio=(3)/(5)\ (cups\ tomato\ sauce)/(pounds\ ground\ beef)`

Explanation:

Let

x ---> cups of tomato sauce

y ---> pounds of ground beef

we know that

To find out the ratio, divide the number of cups of tomato sauce used by the number of pounds of ground beef used

`ratio=(x)/(y)`

The ratio is 3:5

so

`x=3\ cups\ tomato\ sauce\\y=5\ pounds\ ground\ beef`

substitute in the fraction

`ratio=(3)/(5)\ (cups\ tomato\ sauce)/(pounds\ ground\ beef)`