Question

Emily thinks the perfect tomato sauce has 15 cloves of garlic in every 6 L end text of sauce. Raphael's tomato sauce has 25 cloves of garlic in every 9 L end text of sauce. What will Emily think of the amount of garlic in Raphael's tomato sauce? Choose 1 answer: Choose 1 answer: (Choice A) A Raphael's tomato sauce has too much garlic. (Choice B) B Raphael's tomato sauce has too little garlic. (Choice C) C Raphael's tomato sauce is perfect.

Answer 1

B

Explanation:

perfect tomato sauce

15 cloves → 6 L ( multiply both parts by 1.5 )

22.5 cloves → 9 L← Raphael's tomato sauce

since he used 25 cloves of garlic , then

Emily would think Raphael's sauce has too little garlic

Answer 2

Raphael's tomato sauce has too much garlic.

Explanation:

We can use ratios to solve

Emily:

15 cloves

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6L

2.5 Cloves per Liter

Raphael

25 cloves

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9 L

2.7777(repeating) cloves per liter

Raphael has more garlic per liter