SOLUTION: a recipe for tomato sauce asks for 7/4 lbs of tomatoes, 5 tablespoons of olive oil and 3/2 onions. you have enough olive oil but only 3/2 lbs of tomatoes and 1 onion. what fraction

Question 1114712: a recipe for tomato sauce asks for 7/4 lbs of tomatoes, 5 tablespoons of olive oil and 3/2 onions. you have enough olive oil but only 3/2 lbs of tomatoes and 1 onion. what fraction of the tomato sauce recipe can you make?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

tomato  :  oil   :  onion
 7/4    :   5    :   3/2        | needed
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 3/2    : enough :   1          | available

Tomato data means of recipe

Onion data means of recipe.

Take the smaller fraction as how much of the recipe can be made. The onion is more limiting than the available tomatos.

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