Question

A recipe for fruit salad serves 4 people. It calls for 5 oranges and 11 strawberries. Ifyou want to make enough to serve 2 people, how many oranges and strawberrieswould you need?Blank 1: The number of oranges. (Enter your answer as a whole number or a mixednumber. If enter a mixed number, type a and b/c.)Blank 2: The number of strawberries (Enter your answer as a whole number or amixed number. If enter a mixed number, type a and b/c.)Blank #1Blank #2Next PagePage 4 of 14

Answer 1

There are 5 oranges and 11 strawberries for 4 person,

then for 1 person,

`(5)/(4)\text{ and }(11)/(4)`
`1.25\text{ oranges and }2.75\text{ strawberries}`

Then for 2 people,

`1.25*2\text{ and 2.75}*2`
`2.5\text{ oranges and }5.5\text{ strawberries}`

Hence for 2 people the fruit salad receipe needs 2.5 oranges and 5.5 strawberries.