Question
Cooper and Grace are making fruit salads for a picnic. Cooper mixes 5 cups of melon and 2 cups of apple and Grace mixes 8 cups of melon and 3 cups of apple. Use Cooper and Grace’s proportions of melon to determine whose fruit salad will taste more melony.
Answers
GPT 3.5
To compare the proportions of melon in Cooper and Grace's fruit salads, we need to calculate the ratio of melon to fruit in each salad.
For Cooper:
- Melon: 5 cups
- Apple: 2 cups
- Total fruit: 5 cups + 2 cups = 7 cups
Ratio of melon to fruit = Melon total / Total fruit = 5 cups / 7 cups ≈ 0.71
For Grace:
- Melon: 8 cups
- Apple: 3 cups
- Total fruit: 8 cups + 3 cups = 11 cups
Ratio of melon to fruit = Melon total / Total fruit = 8 cups / 11 cups ≈ 0.73
Based on the proportions, Grace's fruit salad is slightly more melony than Cooper's.
For Cooper:
- Melon: 5 cups
- Apple: 2 cups
- Total fruit: 5 cups + 2 cups = 7 cups
Ratio of melon to fruit = Melon total / Total fruit = 5 cups / 7 cups ≈ 0.71
For Grace:
- Melon: 8 cups
- Apple: 3 cups
- Total fruit: 8 cups + 3 cups = 11 cups
Ratio of melon to fruit = Melon total / Total fruit = 8 cups / 11 cups ≈ 0.73
Based on the proportions, Grace's fruit salad is slightly more melony than Cooper's.