Question

Nasim is making hot sauce. She puts in chile peppers and tomatoes in a ratio of 1 to 3. If she puts in 9 tomatoes, how many chile peppers should she put in?

Answer 1

Answer: She needs to add 3 chile peppers.

Explanation:

The ratio of chile peppers to tomatoes is 1:3

this means that for each 3 tomatoes, she puts one chile pepper.

Then if she puts 9 tomatoes, this means that she puts 3 tomatoes 3 times.

And we know that for each 3 tomatoes she needs to add 1 chile pepper, then she needs to add 1 chile pepper 3 times:

3*1 = 3 chile peppers.

She needs to add 3 chile peppers.

Answer 2

Answer: 3

Explanation:

Nasim is making hot sauce. Nasim puts in chile peppers and tomatoes in a ratio of 1 to 3.

Assuming Nasim puts in 9 tomatoes, the number of chile peppers should she put will be:

Ratio of chile peepers to tomato= 1;3

Since she put 9 tomatoes, chile peppers= (1×9)/3 = 9/3 = 3.

For 1 chile peeper, there'll be 3 tomatoes.

For 3 chile pepper, thee will be 9 tomatoes.