Question

The soup shack usually makes tomato soup with \[9\] tomatoes for every \[12\] bowls of soup. today, they used \[6\] tomatoes to make \[8\] bowls of soup. how does the tomato taste in today's soup compared to the usual recipe?

a)Same
b)Not same
c)similar
d)Not Similar

Answer 1

The ratio of tomatoes to bowls of soup is the same in both scenarios (3:4), suggesting that the taste and thickness of today's soup will be the same as the usual recipe.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asking about the proportion of tomatoes to bowls of soup made in two scenarios. In the usual recipe, the Soup Shack uses 9 tomatoes for every 12 bowls of soup. This ratio simplifies to 3 tomatoes for every 4 bowls of soup when both numbers are divided by 3. Today, they used 6 tomatoes to make 8 bowls of soup, which also simplifies to 3 tomatoes for every 4 bowls of soup when divided by 2.

Since the ratio remains the same (3 to 4), the taste and thickness of the tomato soup made today should be the same as the usual recipe. Therefore, the correct answer is a) Same.