For Jevonte's lemonade recipe, 10 lemons are required to make 15 cups of lemonade. At what rate are lemons being used in lemons per cup of lemonade?

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10 lemons
15 cups
10 lemons
15 cups
Resize the right columns to represent the unit rate.

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To find the rate of lemons being used in lemons per cup of lemonade, you can use the formula:

\[ \text{Rate} = \frac{\text{Number of lemons}}{\text{Number of cups}} \]

In Jevonte's recipe, we have:

• Number of lemons = 10
• Number of cups = 15

Now, we can substitute these values into the formula:

\[ \text{Rate} = \frac{10 \text{ lemons}}{15 \text{ cups}} \]

Now, simplify the fraction:

\[ \text{Rate} = \frac{10}{15} = \frac{2}{3} \]

So, the rate of lemons being used is \( \frac{2}{3} \) lemons per cup of lemonade.

To make it clearer, you could express this as approximately 0.67 lemons per cup when expressed as a decimal. However, since your options range from 0 to 19, the best representation would be to note that it's about 0.67 lemons, which is approximately 0.7 if you're rounding.

If you need it expressed in a particular format for "representing the unit rate", please clarify how you would like to resize or display it.