Question

For this item, all answers should be entered as whole numbers.

Gustavo made a fruit smoothie. He put 11 ounces of bananas, 5 ounces of blueberries, 3 ounces of strawberries, and 4 ounces of oranges in the smoothie.

Use whole numbers to complete the following statements.

The ratio of ounces of bananas to ounces of strawberries is 11:
3
.

So, there are nearly ______
ounces of bananas for each ounce of strawberries.

Answer 1

Explanation:

you can set two ratios equal to each other to solve for the unknown (the amount of bananas).

11:3 as x:1

then cross multiply to get an equation. divide both sides by 3 to isolate X. plug that into a calculator and your answer is 3.6 repeating which rounds to 4 oz of bananas