For every one litre of water used to make medicine, 199ml of sucrose and 271ml of saline solution are used. Express the amount of water, sucrose and saline solution needed as a ratio in its simplest form.

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Sanaa

29 March, 19:40

For every one litre of water used to make medicine, 199ml of sucrose and 271ml of saline solution are used. Express the amount of water, sucrose and saline solution needed as a ratio in its simplest form.

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Kaitlin Guerra · Answer 1

1000 : 199 : 271

Step-by-step explanation:

A rations a form of comparison between different variables or quantities.

We want to compare how much water, sucrose and saline solution are used to make the medicine.

The amount of water used is 1 L = 1000 mL

The amount of sucrose used is 199 mL

The amount of saline solution used is 271 mL

Therefore, the ratio of water to sucrose to saline solution is:

1000 : 199 : 271

This is the simplest form because 1000, 199 and 271 do not have any common factors.