Question

This diagram shows how much sugar is mixed with water in a hummingbird food recipe. Enter the number of cups of water used for 1 cup of sugar. Sugar: 3 4 cup Water: 1 cup 1 cup 1 cup 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 nast.com/student/V1131/Pages/TestShell.asp...

Answer 1

SOLUTION

From the diagram given in the question,

$\frac{3}{4}\text{cups of sugar requires 3 cup of water }$

Therefore, using the principle of ratio,

$\begin{gathered} \frac{3}{4}\text{cups sugar=3cups of water} \\ \text{Then} \\ 1\text{ cups of sugar will require} \\ \frac{1\times3}{\frac{3}{4}} \end{gathered}$

Hence

$\begin{gathered} 3\frac{.}{.}\frac{3}{4}=3\times\frac{4}{3}=4 \\ 4\text{cups } \end{gathered}$

Therefore

1 cup of sugar will require 4 cups of water

Answer ; 4 cups of water