Question

in a recipe for tomato sauce, the ratio fluid ounces of water to fluid ounces of tomato paste is three to four. you plan to make 35 fluid ounces of tomato sauce. How many fluid ounces of tomato paste do you need?

Answer 1

20 fluid ounce of tomato paste

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Recipe for the sauce;

Fluid ounces of water : Fluid ounces of tomato paste

3: 4

Number of fluid ounces of tomato sauce = 35

Unknown:

Fluid ounces of tomato paste needed = ?

Solution:

Total ratio = 3 + 4 = 7

Fluid ounces of tomato paste =
`(fraction of fluid ounces of tomato paste)/(total ratio) x total fluid of tomato sauce`

Fluid ounces of tomato paste =
`(4)/(7)` x 35 = 20

It will take 20 fluid ounce of tomato paste to make the sauce.