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7. In Ken's meatball recipe, for every 5 cups
of bread crumbs, 9 pounds of ground beef
are used. Write this ratio using a fraction.
Label the numbers in the fraction.

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The fraction for the above ratio is 5/9

Where 5- no of cups of bread crumbs needed; 9= pounds of ground beef needed

Explanation:

Anything that can be represented in the x/y form constitutes the fraction.

The above statement can be represented in the fraction form as 5/9. It means that for every 9 pounds of ground beef, 5 cups of bread crumbs are needed.

The above fraction provides the ratio in the form of cups of bread crumb/ pound of ground beef required. Where 5 represents the number of cups of bread crumbs required, 9 represents the pound of ground beef needed for the same.

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