Question

A punch recipe calls for of a pint of fruit juice for each pint of soda. The ratio of soda to fruit juice in the punch is____ to _____

Answer 1

Explanation:

If the ratio is soda to juice, set up the proportion like this:

`(s)/(j)`

and everything related to soda goes on top and everything related to fruit juice goes on the bottom. You just want the ratio, so it is best stated as follows:

`(soda)/(juice)`

just to be clear on what s and j mean!

You could use this proportion to solve problems with one unknown.