A soup recipe calls for 7:5 in water:vegetables. What percent of the soup volume is water, and how many cups of vegetables are needed for 60 cups of soup?

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Answer 1

The best way to understand it is to simplify it. Seven is two more five so, just change the fraction into an equivalent fraction . Flip the fraction b/c it is the same fraction in a different order. 7:5 / 48:50 since 48/6= 8 then is the next closest number 48/7=6.85, then round up b/c the number after tens place 5 or greater.