Practice
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1. Cereal Brand A advertises that they have
60 raisins in their 24-ounce box of cereal.
The advertised ratio of raisins to ounces for
two other cereal brands are shown in the
table and graph. Which brand advertises the
greatest ratio of raisins to ounces of cereal?
Justify your response. (Example 1)
Brand B
Ounces of Cereal 6 12 20 24
Raisins
18 36 60 72
Brand C
Number of Raisins
50
y
45
:40
35
30
525
20
15
10
5
0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Ounces of Cereal
Computing the ratio of raisins to ounces, it is found that due to the higher computed ratio, brand B advertises the greatest ratio of raisins per ounce.
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For brand A, there are 60 raisins in the 24-ounces box, thus the ratio is of [tex]\frac{60}{24} = 2.5[/tex], that is, 2.5 raisins per ounce.
For brand B, there are 18 raisins in the 6-ounce box, 36 in the 12-ounce, and it follows this ratio, thus [tex]\frac{36}{12} = \frac{18}{6} = 3[/tex], thus, 3 raisins per ounce.
For brand C, there are 20 raisins in the 10-ounce box, 30 in the 15-ounce, and so on, thus [tex]\frac{20}{10} = \frac{30}{15} = 2[/tex], thus, 2 raisins per ounce.
Due to the higher computed ratio, brand B advertises the greatest ratio of raisins per ounce.
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