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Supper saver grocery carries a 128 ounce jug of iced tea. The nutritional label states that the jug serves 16 people . Which rate best represents the relationship between the number of ounces of Iced tea and the number of servings?

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Answer:

1:16 for every 16oz there is a 1 person serving.

Explanation:

"128 ounce jug of iced tea. The nutritional label states that the jug serves 16 people."

16:128 is your given ratio, this is already a correct answer, but we will simplify by finding the GCF (greatest common factor) and dividing by that.

Factorization of 16 Factorization of 128


\left[\begin{array}{ccc}16& & \\2&8& \\2 &4 & \\2 & 2\\2& 1 \end{array}\right]
\left[\begin{array}{ccc}128 \\2 &64\\2 &32\\2&16\\2&8\\2&4\\2&2\\2&1 \end{array}\right]

The common factors we have are: 2x2x2x2 which is = 16 = GCF

so lets simplify our ratio by dividing by the GCF


(16)/(16):(128)/(16) = 1:16

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