Question

(RATIOS) A food company that produces peanut butter decides to try out a new version of its peanut butter that is extra crunchy, using twice the number of peanut chucks as normal. The company hosts a sampling of its new product at grocery stores, and finds that 5 out of every 9 customers prefer the new extra crunchy version.

Let's use the value of each ratio to make a multiplicative comparisons for each of the ratios we described here.

1) The number preferring new extra crunchy is ______ of the total number serveyed
2) The number preferring regular crunchy is ______ of the total number serveyed.
3)The number preferring regular crunchy is ______ of those preferring new extra crunchy
4) The number preferring new extra crunchy is ______ of those preferring regular crunchy.

Answer 1

1. 5 : 9
2. 4 : 9
3. 4 : 5
4. 5: 4
Those are the possible ratios to the questions given in the sentences. Ratios are comparing two numbers regardless of unit compared to rate. Hence, in this case, take note of the ratio 5 out of 9 prefer the new crunchy version than of the regular version. Moreover, each of the sentences compare either in between the product or as a whole. For instance in number 1 and 2 compares a certain version of the product to the total population while 3 and 4 compares the two product themselves as to why the answers are stated above.