Keilantra and Montraie are making fruit salads for a picnic. Keilantra mixes 2 cups of melon and 7 cups of apple and Montraie mixes 3 cups of melon and 8 cups of apple. Use Keilantra and Montraie’s proportions of melon to determine whose fruit salad will taste more melony.
To compare the proportion of melon in each fruit salad, we can simply divide the amount of melon by the total amount of fruit in each salad.
Keilantra's fruit salad:
Melon: 2 cups
Apple: 7 cups
Total: 2 cups + 7 cups = 9 cups
Proportion of melon in Keilantra's salad:
2 cups / 9 cups = 0.22
Montraie's fruit salad:
Melon: 3 cups
Apple: 8 cups
Total: 3 cups + 8 cups = 11 cups
Proportion of melon in Montraie's salad:
3 cups / 11 cups = 0.27
Therefore, Montraie's fruit salad has a higher proportion of melon compared to Keilantra's fruit salad. Montraie's fruit salad will taste more melony.