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.

Answer 1

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.