SOLUTION: A jug of juice has 5 cups of pineapple juice and 2 cups of orange juice. What is the ratio of cups of pineapple to cups of orange juice in 3 different ways. I said 5 to 7, 5, and 7

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Question 985421: A jug of juice has 5 cups of pineapple juice and 2 cups of orange juice. What is the ratio of cups of pineapple to cups of orange juice in 3 different ways. I said 5 to 7, 5, and 7/5. I'm not sure if it should be 5 to 7, 5:7' and 5/7.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ratio to compare cups of PINEAPPLE juice to cups of ORANGE juice;
The 7 is not part of this unless you are interested in a different comparison. Your numbers to use are the 5 and the 2. The 7 is for PINEAPPLE AND ORANGE TOTAL PARTS, but this is not what your question asks.

Very strictly, if the question wants ratio of PINEAPPLE TO ORANGE, then there are TWO ways to show this!
5:2, and 5/2.

You could change to other "terms", but not much else. Like example, you can say, 10:4.