The table below shows the amount of lemon juice and sugar needed to make three different-sized batches of lemonade using the same recipe.\begin{tabular}{lcc|} & Lemon juice (mL) & Sugar (g) \\\hline Batch A & 500 & 200 \\Batch B & 750 & 300 \\Batch C & 1500 & 600 \\\hline\end{tabular}Write an equation to describe the relationship between j, the amount of lemon juice in milliliters, and s, the amount of sugar in grams.
Q. The table below shows the amount of lemon juice and sugar needed to make three different-sized batches of lemonade using the same recipe.\begin{tabular}{lcc|} & Lemon juice (mL) & Sugar (g) \\\hline Batch A & 500 & 200 \\Batch B & 750 & 300 \\Batch C & 1500 & 600 \\\hline\end{tabular}Write an equation to describe the relationship between j, the amount of lemon juice in milliliters, and s, the amount of sugar in grams.
Observe Relationship: Observe the relationship between the amount of lemon juice and sugar in each batch.We can see that for Batch A, 500mL of lemon juice requires 200g of sugar. For Batch B, 750mL of lemon juice requires 300g of sugar. For Batch C, 1500mL of lemon juice requires 600g of sugar. We need to determine if there is a consistent ratio between the amount of lemon juice and sugar.
Calculate Ratios: Calculate the ratio of lemon juice to sugar for each batch.For Batch A, the ratio is 500mL/200g=2.5mL/g.For Batch B, the ratio is 750mL/300g=2.5mL/g.For Batch C, the ratio is 1500mL/600g=2.5mL/g.Since the ratio is consistent across all batches, we can use this ratio to write the equation.
Write Equation: Write the equation using the consistent ratio.Since the ratio of lemon juice to sugar is 2.5mL/g, we can write the equation as:j=2.5×sThis equation shows that for every gram of sugar, we need 2.5 milliliters of lemon juice.
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