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Explain-Carmen is making homemade root beer for an upcoming charity fundraiser.
If Carmen uses 12 pounds of dry ice she will need to use 8 ounces of root beer
extract.
1. Write a ratio/proportional constant for number of pounds to number of ounces
of root beer extract.

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quasarJose

Answer:

1.5lb/ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Mass of dry ice Carmen uses  = 12lb

Mass of root beet  = 8ounces

Unknown:

Ratio/Proportional constant for number of pounds to number of ounces of root beer extract  = ?

Solution:

To solve this problem,

    Ratio = [tex]\frac{number of pounds of dry ice}{Ounce of root beer}[/tex]

    Ratio  = [tex]\frac{12lb}{8ounces}[/tex]   = 1.5lb/ounces