Question

Pam is making lemonade using a recipe that suggests 2 lemons for every 7

cups of lemonade. How many lemons should she use to make 35 cups of
lemonade?

Answer 1

10 lemons

Explanation:

This is easy proportions.

What you do

is that you find the unit rate

or you can do it my way

which is a ton easier

which other people do

so anyways

you know 2 lemons for every 7 cups of lemonade

so you know you want 35 cups of lemonade

so you can multiply 7 by 5 to get 35

so you multiply 5 by 2 lemons to get 10 lemons

2/7 = x/35