Question

The school cafeteria is offering a choice of two side dishes at lunch today, either watermelon or French fries. The ratio of the number of orders of french fries to the total number of side dishes ordered is 9:14. Select the statement that is correct about side dishes ordered. How do you know?
A. There are 9 orders of french fries for every 14 orders of watermelon.
B. There are 5 orders of watermelon for every 9 orders of french fries.
C. There are 14 orders of french fries for every 9 orders of watermelon.
D. There are 5 orders of french fries for every 9 orders of watermelon

Answer 1

Answer:

D. there are 5 orders of French fries for every 9 orders of watermelon.