Kim's Proportion Problem

1.) To make lemonade, you need 6 lemons and 8 cups of water. How many lemons do you need if you have 24 cups of water ?

Let "x" be how many lemons you need for 24 cups of water
Steps : word ratio , ratio table , proportion , find x

To make lemonade with 24 cups of water you will need 18 lemons.

2.) A 20 gigabyte digital music player sells for $249. A similar 30-gigabyte player sells for $349. Which player offers the better price per gigabyte of storage ? 

Let "x" be which music player is the best price per gigabyte of storage.

Steps : word ratio , ratio table (2) , Proportion (2) , find x and y 

The music player that has the best price per gigabyte of storage is the 30 gigabyte because it's cheaper and it has more gigabyte of storage.

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3) The ratio of of an object's weight on Earth to its weight on the Moon is 6:1. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. He weighed 165 pounds on Earth. How much did he weigh on the moon ?

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