Keilantra and Montraie are making fruit salads for a picnic. Keilantra mixes 2 cups of melon and 7 cups of apple and Montraie mixes 3 cups of melon and 8 cups of apple. Use Keilantra and Montraie’s proportions of melon to determine whose fruit salad will taste more melony.

Answer 1

To compare the proportion of melon in each fruit salad, we can simply divide the amount of melon by the total amount of fruit in each salad.

Keilantra's fruit salad:
Melon: 2 cups
Apple: 7 cups
Total: 2 cups + 7 cups = 9 cups

Proportion of melon in Keilantra's salad:
2 cups / 9 cups = 0.22

Montraie's fruit salad:
Melon: 3 cups
Apple: 8 cups
Total: 3 cups + 8 cups = 11 cups

Proportion of melon in Montraie's salad:
3 cups / 11 cups = 0.27

Therefore, Montraie's fruit salad has a higher proportion of melon compared to Keilantra's fruit salad. Montraie's fruit salad will taste more melony.