Question

In Joel's recipe for lemonade the ratio of lemons to water is 7 to 4. People are complaining that the lemonade is too weak. Which ratio would make the lemonade STRONGER?

A)
5 to 3


B)
7 to 5


C)
8 to 4


D)
8 to 5

Answer 1

The the answer is C

Answer 2

7 to 4 means there's 7/11 of lemon in the lemonade = 0.6363

5 to 3 means there is 5/8 lemons in lemonade = 0.625

in same way

8/12 = 0.667

8/13 = 0.616

so the answer is 0.667 or 8 to 4 Choice C.