A food packing company makes a popular

fruit cocktail. To ensure a good mixture of fruit,
there are 3 cherry halves for every 8 white
grapes in a jar. An inspector notices that one jar
has 12 cherry halves and 20 white grapes. What
can be done to fix the error?
in 1 sentence

1 answer

To fix the error, the company can adjust the ratio of cherry halves to white grapes by adding more cherry halves or reducing the number of white grapes.