Sadie and Pedro are making fruit salads for a picnic. Sadie mixes 3 cups of melon and 1 cup of apple and Pedro mixes 8 cups of melon and 3 cups of apple. Use Sadie and Pedro’s proportions of apple to determine whose fruit salad will taste more appley.

Answer 1

To compare Sadie and Pedro's proportions of apple in their fruit salads, we need to calculate the ratio of apple to melon in each of their salads.

Sadie's ratio: 1 cup apple to 3 cups melon = 1:3

Pedro's ratio: 3 cups apple to 8 cups melon = 3:8

Since Sadie's ratio is 1:3 and Pedro's ratio is 3:8, we can see that Pedro's fruit salad has a higher proportion of apple compared to melon. Therefore, Pedro's fruit salad will taste more appley.