Question

A chef prepares apples for a fruit salad. She cuts each apple into 6 slices. The following patterns can be made: Pattern A: start with 1 apple and increase by 1 apple Pattern B: start with 6 slices and increase by 6 slices Which ordered pairs represent the number of apples from Pattern A and the number of apple slices from Pattern B?

Answer 1

a is 1:1 and b is 6:6

Answer 2

A: (1,1)

B: (6,6)

Explanation:

Given:

A chef prepares apples for a fruit salad. She cuts each apple into 6 slices.

The following patterns can be made:

Pattern A: start with 1 apple and increase by 1 apple.

Pattern B: start with 6 slices and increase by 6 slices.

To find : ordered pairs which represent the number of apples from Pattern A and the number of apple slices from Pattern B

Solution :

Pattern A:

If a chef starts with one apple then increase by 1 apple then ordered pair which represent this pattern is (1,1)

Pattern B :

If a chef starts start with 6 slices and increase by 6 slices then ordered pair which represent this pattern is (6,6)