Question

You are making a colorful cake for a birthday party and need to use 5 drops of food coloring for every 9 ounces of icing. How many drops of food coloring do you need if you are using 54 ounces of icing?

Answer 1

Given the word problem, we can deduce the following information:

1. We need to use 5 drops of food coloring for every 9 ounces of icing.

To determine the amount of food coloring we need using 54 ounces of icing, we use ratio. We use the formula shown below:

Drops of food coloring/54 ounces of icing = 5 drops of food coloring/ 9 ounces

of icing

We simplify:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{\text{Drops of food coloring}}{54\text{ ounces}}=\frac{5\text{ drops}}{9\text{ ounces}} \\ \text{Drops of food coloring}=54(\frac{5}{9}) \\ \text{Calculate} \\ \text{Drops of food coloring}=30 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, we need 30 drops of food coloring if we are using 54 ounces of icing.