Question

A recipe for lemonade uses 5 scoops of mix for every 4 cups of water mai says:

"no matter how much lemonade you make, there is always one more scoop of mix than cups of water"

Is she correct?

Answer 1

Explanation:

yeah she is... i think.. this is twisting my mind rn

Answer 2

Yes, Mai is correct.

According to the recipe, 5 scoops of mix are used for every 4 cups of water. We can express this as a ratio:

5 scoops mix : 4 cups water

If we simplify this ratio by dividing both sides by 4, we get:

5/4 scoops mix : 1 cup water

So for every 1 cup of water, we need 5/4 scoops of mix, or 1.25 scoops. This means that for any amount of lemonade we make, we will always need one more scoop of mix than the number of cups of water.