Question

There are guests at Nitya's home. They are 8 people in all and Nitya wants to help her mother in the kitchen. She prepares lemonade for the guests.
The recipe for one glass is given:
$○$ $\frac{1}{2}$lemon
$○$ 2 teaspoons of sugar (10 g)
$○$ 1 glass of water (250 ml)
$○$ 4 cubes of ice
Water is the ratio of water used in 1 glass and 8 glasses of lemonade?

Answer 1

No. of glasses of water required to make 1 glass of lemonade = 1
No. of glasses of water required to make 8 glasses of lemonade = $8\times 1=8$
So, the ratio of water used in 1 glass and 8 glasses = 1 : 8.