Kathy and Omar are planning a party to honor the teachers at their school. They each suggest a recipe for apple cider punch to serve at the party. Kathy and Omar are planning a party to honor the teachers at their school. They each suggest a recipe for apple cider punch to serve at the party.

Question

Kathy’s Recipe

13 over 4 parts apple cider

31 fourth parts ginger ale

Omar’s Recipe

31 half parts apple cider

21 half parts ginger ale

For each recipe, write a unit rate to represent the parts of apple cider per part of ginger ale. Then, determine which recipe will have the stronger apple taste. Explain how you determined your answer.