All About Ratios –A famous Texas chef has a secret recipe for her chili. When people ask her for it, she hands them a card with the complete recipe except for 1 detail. For the missing detail, she gives them the following clue:
For a 3-quart pot of chili, use a combination of peppers and tomatoes totaling 12 items in one of the following ratios.
If the answer is in whole numbers, we want to know how many peppers and how many tomatoes we should use.
1. Which ratio is correct?
2.Then how many peppers & how many tomatoes will you actually use?
peppers tomatoes
3: 2
2: 3
2: 4
3: 4
1: 6
2006-09-20 08:37:02 · 3 answers · asked by SCHNITZEL 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
What you have to figure out is how many total each of the ratios would give you.
If the ratio is 3:2 then the total would be 5. There is no way to use a bunch of 5's to get to twelve.
So you need to see which of the ratios would give you a total number that has 12 as one of its multiples.
Hope this helps. Good Luck.
2006-09-20 08:42:22 · answer #1 · answered by SmileyGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ratio of 2 : 4 will give a total of 12 fruits (yes, tomatoes and petters are fruits) The other ratios will not equal 12.
2006-09-20 15:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. 2:4
2. 4 peppers 8 tomatoes
2006-09-20 15:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by Kaedence 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋