Acatering company’s recipe for salad uses a ratio of 2 c of dressing to 4 lb of vegetables. (a) draw a model (picture) for the ratio. (b) write the ratio of dressing to vegetables as a reduced fraction. show your work as you simplify the ratio.

For this item, to be able to draw a model, you may just draw a figure for the dressing and draw the model for the vegetable that is twice the size of the dressing. 

(b) The ratio of the dressing to the vegetable is equal to 2:4. Since the numbers in both sides of the ratio notation can be divided by 2, the reduced ratio is then equal to 1:2.