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1) A hairdresser uses 800ml of shampoo and 320 ml of conditioner on a daily basis. Write in its simplest form the ratio of shampoo to conditioner 2) sugar and flour are mixed in the ratio 2:3 how much sugar is used with 600g of flour?

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Given:

1) A hairdresser uses 800ml of shampoo and 320 ml of conditioner on a daily basis.

The ratio from a to b is writtenn as,

[tex]a\colon b\text{ that is }\frac{a}{b}[/tex]

So, the ration of shampoo to the conditioner is,

[tex]\frac{800}{320}=\frac{5}{2}[/tex]

Answer: 5:2.

2) sugar and flour are mixed in the ratio 2:3

[tex]\text{sugar:flour}=2\colon3[/tex]

Let x be the amount of sugar is used with 600 g of flour.

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{2}{3}=\frac{x}{600} \\ 2\times600=3x \\ 1200=3x \\ x=\frac{1200}{3} \\ x=400\text{ g} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Answer: 400 g of suger is used.