Question

A salsa recipe uses pepper, onion, and tomato in the extended ratio of 3:7:11. How many cups of peppers are needed to make 189 cups of salsa?

Answer 1

multiply the cup of salsa by the ratio

Answer 2

@abb0t

Answer 3

the thing is that I don't know how much (how many cups) a three cup of salsa 3 cups of tomato, 7 cups of onion (that's a lot) and 11 cups of tomato make

Answer 4

do you understand @Ashleyisakitty

Answer 5

"multiply the cup of salsa by the ratio" do you mean like 189 by 3:7:11? No i dont really understand what you mean.

Answer 6

the question is a little to crazy for me to comprehend. if we were to assume that the ratio yields a cup of salsa, then you multiply the cup of salsa to be made by 3

Answer 7

189 * 3

Answer 8

Hm.. its a multiple choice question and that doesnt fit, i tried that originally.

Answer 9

but if the ratio (3:7:11) yields 11 cups of salsa then it's different

Answer 10

see what we are missing is the information of how many cups of salsa the ratio 3:7:11 yields

Answer 11

realistically, it can't be 1 cup

Answer 12

How much does the ratio 3:7:11 yield? approximately 1 cup? I think that's what he's asking.

Answer 13

I don't think so. it is asking how many cups of pepper would it need to make 189 cups of salsa

Answer 14

The question doesnt include how much 3:7:11 could yield, so id assume on the lack of information it would 3:7:11 yield just a cup.

Answer 15

If it equals 1 cup, then I would just multiply to get an appximate value.

Answer 16

but that will lead you to the same answer of 189 * 3 which is incorrect you said
I am assuming that the ratio yields you 11 cups
if that were the case then you divide 189 by 11 then multiply that by the pepper ratio

Answer 17

3 cups of pepper yields you 11 cups of salsa, then 189 cups of salsa requires you ___ cups of pepper

Answer 18

51.3 isnt a proper answer choice :/

Answer 19

what are the choices?

Answer 20

I can choice between 9, 27, 63 and 99.

Answer 21

im going to call my teacher lol

Answer 22

ya do that LOL or I am just being dumb at the moment and can't see what is being asked and what are the given

Answer 23

Add 3 + 7 + 11 and extend the ratio to one more number.
3 + 7 + 11 = 21

The new even more extended ratio is:
P : O : Tom : Total
3 : 7 : 11 : 21
x : a : b : 189

\(\dfrac{3}{x} = \dfrac{21}{189} \)

Answer 24

Ah, awesome! So the correct amount of pepper is nine?

Answer 25

No. Nine is the multiplication nfactor, not the final answer.

Notice that from the ratio, and using cups, the amount of salsa made is 21 cups.

If you make 189 cups, you are making 189/21 = 9 times the amount the ratio states.

That means you need to use 9 times the amount of each ingredient.
Since the ratio has 3 cups of peppers, you will need 3 * 9 = 27 cups of peppers.

Answer 26

Solving the ratio above will also give you the answer:

\( \dfrac{3}{x} = \dfrac{21}{189} \)

Cross multiply:

21x = 3 * 189

21x = 567

x = 27

Answer 27

Okay, i got it now. Thank you :~)

Answer 28

You're welcome.