Question

It takes 4 pounds of grapes to make 1 pound of raisins. How many pounds of grapes would you need to make 3000 pounds of raisins?

Answer 1

4:1
(grapes);(rasins)

4:1
x:3000
so you then cross multiply
1·x=4·3000
multiply,
x=12000



so the answer is it takes 12000 pounds of grapes to make 3000 pounds of raisins