Question

Last night, Trent invited friends over to watch a football game. He made 2 bowls of salsa to share and used hot peppers to make the salsa spicy. In the smaller bowl, he used 5 ounces of hot peppers and 20 ounces of tomatoes. In the larger bowl, he used 6 ounces of hot peppers and 30 ounces of tomatoes. Which bowl of salsa was spicier?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The smaller bowl is spicier

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Answer 2

The smaller bowl was spicier.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Number of bowls of salsa made = 2

Spices in smaller bowl = 5 ounces of hot peppers and 20 ounces of tomatoes

Spices in the larger bowl = 6 ounces of hot peppers and 30 ounces of tomatoes.

The smaller bowl has hot peppers that are 25% (5/20) of the tomatoes.

The larger bowl has hot peppers that are 20% (6/30) of the tomatoes.

The implication is that the smaller bowl will be hotter than the larger bowl and therefore, spicier, since the spicy ingredients are more in proportion.