Question

1) A hairdresser uses 800ml of shampoo and 320 ml of conditioner on a daily basis. Write in its simplest form the ratio of shampoo to conditioner 2) sugar and flour are mixed in the ratio 2:3 how much sugar is used with 600g of flour?

Answer 1

Given:

1) A hairdresser uses 800ml of shampoo and 320 ml of conditioner on a daily basis.

The ratio from a to b is writtenn as,

`a\colon b\text{ that is }(a)/(b)`

So, the ration of shampoo to the conditioner is,

`(800)/(320)=(5)/(2)`

Answer: 5:2.

2) sugar and flour are mixed in the ratio 2:3

`\text{sugar:flour}=2\colon3`

Let x be the amount of sugar is used with 600 g of flour.

`\begin{gathered} (2)/(3)=(x)/(600) \\ 2*600=3x \\ 1200=3x \\ x=(1200)/(3) \\ x=400\text{ g} \end{gathered}`

Answer: 400 g of suger is used.