Question

Can someone help me figure this out please?


A salsa recipe uses green pepper, onion, and tomato in the extended ratio 1 : 3 : 9. How many cups of onion are needed to make 117 cups of salsa?

o 3
o 27
o 9
o 81

Answer 1

add all the ingredients and divide it with the cups of salsa it will be the number of one quantity of any ingredient and if u want to get cups of onion multiply the ratio of onion and the one quantity of ingredient.

Answer 2

you need 27 cups
1+3+9=13
127/13=9
9*3=27

Answer 3

I understand. Thank you!
Would you mind checking another problem I did please?

Answer 4

yse

Answer 5

Red and gray bricks were used to build a decorative wall. The number of red bricks over the number of gray bricks was 5/2. There were 175 bricks used in all. How many red bricks were used?

o 25
o 125
o 50
o 35

Answer 6

I believe it is 35.

Answer 7

2+5=7
175/7=25
25*5=125

Answer 8

Oh okay. Thank you very much!

Answer 9

your welcome