Question

Owen and Genesis are making fruit salads for a picnic. Owen mixes 14 cups of melon and 3 cups of apple and Genesis mixes 6 cups of melon and 1 cup of apple. Use Owen and Genesis’s percent of melon to determine whose fruit salad will taste more melony.
Answer
Attempt 1 out of 2

Owen percent of melon (to nearest whole number) =
%
Genesis percent of melon (to nearest whole number) =
%

Answer 1

To determine the percent of melon in each fruit salad, we can use the formula:

\[
\text{Percent of melon} = \left( \frac{\text{cups of melon}}{\text{total cups of fruit}} \right) \times 100
\]

**Owen's Fruit Salad:**
- Cups of melon = 14
- Cups of apple = 3
- Total cups of fruit = 14 + 3 = 17

\[
\text{Owen's percent of melon} = \left( \frac{14}{17} \right) \times 100 \approx 82.35\%
\]

Rounding to the nearest whole number:

\[
\text{Owen's percent of melon} \approx 82\%
\]

**Genesis's Fruit Salad:**
- Cups of melon = 6
- Cups of apple = 1
- Total cups of fruit = 6 + 1 = 7

\[
\text{Genesis's percent of melon} = \left( \frac{6}{7} \right) \times 100 \approx 85.71\%
\]

Rounding to the nearest whole number:

\[
\text{Genesis's percent of melon} \approx 86\%
\]

**Final answers:**
- Owen's percent of melon = 82%
- Genesis's percent of melon = 86%

Since Genesis has a higher percent of melon, her fruit salad will taste more melony.