Question

You include 1/2 tablespoon of essential oils in a solution for every 12 tablespoons of jojoba oil. Find and interpret the value of the ratio of jojoba oil to essential oils.

Answer 1

1/2 tablespoon for essential oils

12 tablespoon of jojoba oil

We are gonna calculate the ratio

`\begin{gathered} r=\frac{12\text{ jojoba}}{1/2\text{ essential oil}} \\ \\ r=24\text{ jojoba/essential oil} \end{gathered}`

The interpretation is that we need 24 jojoba tablespoon per essential oil tablespoon