Question

Chris is making rice for his guests based on a recipe that requires rice, water, and a special blend of spice, where the rice to spice ration is 15 : 1. He currently has 40 grams of the spice blend, and he can go buy more if necessary. He wants to make 10 servings, where each serving has 75 grams of rice. Overall, Chris spends 4.50 dollars on rice.How many servings can Chris make with the current amount of spice he has?

Answer 1

Given:

• Ratio of rice to spice = 15 : 1

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• Mass of spice he has = 40 grams

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• Number of servings to make = 10

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• Number of grams of rice in each serving = 75 grams

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• Amount spent on rice = 4.50 dollars

Let's find the number of servings he can make with the current amount of spice he has.

Where:

Amount of spice he has = 40 grams

Since the number of grams of rice in each serving is 75 grams, we have the ratio:

$\frac{75}{15}=5$

The new ratio will be:

75 : 5

Now, since he has 40 grams of spice, to find the number of servings, we have:

$\frac{40}{5}=8$

Therefore, the number of servings he can make with the current spice he has is 8 servings.

ANSWER:

8 servings