Question

Students are making lemonade from a powdered lemon drink mix. Jonathan mixes 2 cups of water and 7 teaspoons of powdered lemon mix. Maya mixes 1 cup of water and 7 teaspoons of powdered lemon mix. Whose mix will be more lemony?

Group of answer choices

Maya’s mix will be more lemony.

Jonathan’s mix will be more lemony.

The two mixes will be equally lemony.

Answer 1

Answer: Maya’s mix will be more lemony.

Explanation:

We see that both Jonathan and Maya mix 7 teaspoons of the powdered lemon mix. Since we are finding whose mix will be more lemony, we need to find the person who added less water since their mixture will be less diluted.

This leads us to Maya, she only added 1 cup of water while Jonathan added 2 cups of water. Maya's mixture will have a higher concentration since she has a higher ratio of lemon to water than Jonathan.