Question

A restaurant makes vegetable soup using 22 cups of mixed vegetables and 25 cups of stock. Henri trys to make this at home with 5 cups of mixed vegetables and 10 cups of stock. Is Henri using the correct ratio? Explain

Answer 1

No, Henri not using the incorrect ratio .

Reason

As given

A restaurant makes vegetable soup using 22 cups of mixed vegetables and 25 cups of stock.

i.e

`for\ 1cup\of\ mixed\ vegetable = (25)/(22) cups\ of\ stock.`

Now 5 cups of the mixed vegetables the number of stock required be .

`= (5* 25)/(22)`

solving the above

= 5.7 (approx) cups of stock is required .

Therefore Henri using the incorrect ratio for 5 cups of the mixed vegetables

5.7 (approx) cups of stock is required .