c. Orange to total marblesd. Orange, green and red to orange5:158,2:8:5Alexis is sharing Lifesavers candy. He is getting rid of all the grapes and keeping the cherry. His ratio from grape to cherry is 15 to 18. If Alexis keeps the same ratio and gives his friend 5 grapes how many cherries should he share?Grape515Cherry18Alexis Should Share 6 cherries with his friend5×1.2=6
Q. c. Orange to total marblesd. Orange, green and red to orange5:158,2:8:5Alexis is sharing Lifesavers candy. He is getting rid of all the grapes and keeping the cherry. His ratio from grape to cherry is 15 to 18. If Alexis keeps the same ratio and gives his friend 5 grapes how many cherries should he share?Grape515Cherry18Alexis Should Share 6 cherries with his friend5×1.2=6
Understand the problem: Understand the problem and the given ratio.Alexis has a ratio of grape to cherry Lifesavers candy of 15 to 18. This means for every 15 grapes, there are 18 cherries.
Determine ratio factor: Determine the ratio factor between the grapes given to the friend and the grapes in the original ratio.Alexis gives his friend 5 grapes. To find out how many times smaller this is than the original amount of grapes (15), we divide 5 by 15.155=31
Apply ratio factor: Apply the same ratio factor to the number of cherries.Since Alexis is maintaining the same ratio, we multiply the number of cherries in the original ratio 18 by the ratio factor 31 to find out how many cherries he should give his friend.18×(31)=318=6
Conclude solution: Conclude the solution.Alexis should share 6 cherries with his friend to maintain the ratio of 15 grapes to 18 cherries when giving away 5 grapes.
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