Question

The table below shows the amounts of lemon juice and sugar to make lemonadethe ratio of lemon juice to sugar is represented. use the table to determine the unit rate to make lemonade.answer question 5

Answer 1

2, which is option a

Explanation:

The unit rate of lemon juice to sugar is the amount of cups of sugar needed for 1 cup of lemon juice.

We have that for 1/2 = 0.5 cups of lemon juice, we use 1 cup of sugar. So we apply a rule of three.

0.5 cups of lemon juice - 1 cup of sugar

1 cup of lemon juice - x cups of sugar

0.5x = 1

x = 1/0.5

x = 2

So the answer is 2, which is option a