A salad dressing is made by mixing yogurt and mayonnaise in the ratio \( \frac{3}{5} \). Karolina makes 800 mL of salad dressing. How much yogurt does she use? Give your answer in milliliters.

To find out how much yogurt Karolina uses to make 800 ml of salad dressing with a yogurt-to-mayonnaise ratio of 3/5, you can set up a proportion based on the given ratio.

Ratio of yogurt to mayonnaise = 3/5

Let Y represent the amount of yogurt in milliliters Karolina uses. Then, the amount of mayonnaise she uses would be (5/3)Y, since it's in a 3/5 ratio.

Now, set up a proportion:

Yogurt / Mayonnaise = 3 / 5

Y / ((5/3)Y) = 3 / 5

Now, solve for Y:

Y / ((5/3)Y) = 3 / 5

To get rid of the fractions, you can multiply both sides of the equation by (5/3):

(5/3)Y / ((5/3)Y) = (3 / 5) * (5/3)

This simplifies to:

1 = 1

So, the equation is true for any value of Y. This means Karolina can use any amount of yogurt Y as long as the ratio of yogurt to mayonnaise remains 3/5.

Therefore, to make 800 ml of salad dressing, she would use 800 ml of yogurt.

jsimpson11000 jsimpson11000 · Answer 2 · 2024-09-12T03:58:52-04:00

jsimpson11000 jsimpson11000

12-09-2024

Step-by-step explanation:

Yogurt is 3 out of (3+5= 8)

3/ 8 ths is yogurt

3/8 * 800 = 300 ml of yogurt

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