Question

Mom was preparing sugar pickles for canning. She needed 5 liters of water and 1.4 kg of sugar for the pear infusion and 12 liters of water and 3.8 kg of sugar for the cherry infusion. Which infusion was sweeter and why?​

Answer 1

• Cherry infusion

Explanation:

Sugar concentration of infusions:

Pear:

• 1.4/(5 + 1.4) *100% = 21.875%

Cherry:

• 3.8/(12 + 3.8) * 100% = 24.05%

As we see cherry infusion has more sugar concentration so is sweeter.