Question

For a beverage, Lisa mixes cups of lemonade to cups of ice tea in a ratio of 2:5. Which of the following best describes the amount of lemonade to iced tea

Answer 1

Answer: For every 2 cups of lemonade, there are 5 cups of iced tea.

if the ratio is 2:5 then for every 2 cups of lemonade there are 5 cups of tea.

it is just another way of saying the ratio

Answer 2

lemonade is 4:10 to ice or .4:1

Explanation:

Assuming lemonade is 2 and tea is 5, you can use a table or multiply both reciprocals by 2 so 2x2 and 2x5 = 4:10. then if you want to see how much is in just once cup of tea divide by ten to each for the product of .4:1