Question

A recipe for orange water says, "Mix 3 teaspoons yellow water with 1 teaspoon red water." For this recipe, we might say: "The ratio of teaspoons of yellow water to teaspoons of red water is 3:1 ." Write a ratio for 2 batches of this recipe and explain how you know it is equivalent to 3:1.

Answer 1

The ratio of 2 batches of recipe is 6:2. Which is equivalent to 3:1 because if we multiply the ratio with same number it would give us equivalent ratio.

Explanation:

When mix 3 teaspoon of Yellow water with 1 teaspoon of red water, we get ratio as 3:1

If we use 2 batches of recipe, the ratio is multiplied twice.

That's ratio of yellow water to red water is 3*2 :1*2 , which gives 6:2

But, if we simplify the ratio, by dividing both by common factor, we would get 3:1

That's
`(6)/(2) :(2)/(2)` simplified to 3:1