Orville's fruit salad recipe calls for 2 apples and 5 strawberries per serving. He is making fruit salad for a party and has used 60 strawberries. How many apples should he add in order to keep the same rate

Answer 1

Let's use proportions to solve this problem.

The rate of strawberries per serving is 5 strawberries/2 apples.

If he is making fruit salad for a party and has used 60 strawberries, we can set up the proportion:

60 strawberries/x apples = 5 strawberries/2 apples

Cross-multiplying, we get:

60 * 2 = 5 * x

120 = 5x

Dividing both sides by 5, we get:

x = 24

So he should add 24 apples in order to keep the same rate.