Question

Recipe ingredients remain jn a constant ratio no matter how many serving are prepared. Which table shows a possible ratio table for ingredients C and Y for the given number of servings

Answer 1

The last table (the bottom one)

Explanation:

The ingredients having the same ratio means that, for every number of servings, we should have:

Y/X = constant.

So, for the first table when we have 1 serving, the quotient is:

Y/X = 2/1 = 2

when we have two servings:

Y/X = 3/2 = 1.5

The ratios are different.

Then this is not the correct option.

For the second table, when we have 1 serving the ratio is:

Y/X = 2/1 = 2

when we have two servings:

Y/X = 4/2 = 2

when we have 3 servings:

Y/X = 8/3 = 2.66

This is not the correct option.

For the third table:

1 serving:

Y/X = 2/1 = 2

2 sevings

Y/X = 3/2 = 1.5

This is not the correct option.

fourth table:

1 serving:

Y/X = 2/1 = 2

2 servings

Y/X = 4/2 = 2

3 servings

Y/X = 8/4 = 2

Here we can see that the ratio is always the same, then the ratio remains constant.

This is the table that shows a possible ratio for ingredients X and Y,