Question

The employee who created the chart made an error when computing the number of pounds of meat for one of the serving sizes. For which serving size is the ratio of size to pounds of meat different from the other ratios?

Lasagna
Serving size
20
50
80
120
Pounds of meat
2.5
6.5
10
15
Answer Choices
20
50
80
120

Answer 1

The 80:10 ratio is unlike the others.

Answer 2

For serving size 50 the ratio of size to pounds of meat different from the other ratios.

Explanation:

We have to find the ratio of size to pounds of meat for each size.

`Ratio=\frac{\text{Serving size}}{\text{Pounds of meat}}=8`

For Serving size 20, the Pounds of meat is 2.5

`Ratio=(20)/(2.5)=8`

For Serving size 50, the Pounds of meat is 6.5

`Ratio=(50)/(6.5)=7.6923\\eq 8`

For Serving size 80, the Pounds of meat is 10

`Ratio=(80)/(10)=8`

For Serving size 120, the Pounds of meat is 15

`Ratio=(120)/(15)=8`

For serving size 50 the ratio of size to pounds of meat different from the other ratios.