Students are making lemonade from a powdered lemon drink mix. Rashaad mixes 4 cups of water and 3 cups of powdered lemon mix. Mav mixes 5 cups of water and 4 cups of powdered lemon mix. Use Rashaad and Mav’s proportions of water to determine whose mix will be more watery.
Answer
Attempt 2 out of 3
Rashaad water proportion (out of total) as fraction =
Mav water proportion (out of total) as fraction =
Rashaad water proportion = 4/(4+3) = 4/7
Mav water proportion = 5/(5+4) = 5/9
Comparing the two water proportions, Rashaad's mix will be more watery because he has a higher proportion of water in his mixture (4/7 > 5/9).