Question

A cookie recipe calls for 1 cup of raisins and 2 cups of flour. When Alex made a batch of cookies, he also used 2 cups of raisins and 3 cups of flour. Did Alex use the correct ratio of raisins to flour. (And if you can can you support your opinion, if not it's fine)

Answer 1

No, he did not. In the recipe, you are supposed to use two cups of flour for every one cup of raisins. The ratio is 1:2. So if he used 2 cups of raisins, then he needs to use four cups of flour.

Answer 2

no because the ratio for the raisins is 3 three times more and uses one more cup of flour for the flour part