Keilantra and Montraie are making fruit salads for a picnic. Keilantra mixes 5 cups of melon and 8 cups of apple and Montraie mixes 1 cup of melon and 8 cups of apple. Whose fruit salad will taste more melony? Keilantra's fruit salad will be more melony. Montraie's fruit salad will be more melony. The two fruit salads will be equally melony.

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Question Prompt: Question Prompt: Which fruit salad will taste more melony?Calculate Keilantra's ratio: Calculate the ratio of melon to the total amount of fruit in Keilantra's salad. Keilantra's melon ratio = (cups of melon) / (total cups of fruit) Keilantra's melon ratio = 5 / (5 + 8) Keilantra's melon ratio = 5 / 13Calculate Montraie's ratio: Calculate the ratio of melon to the total amount of fruit in Montraie's salad. Montraie's melon ratio = (cups of melon) / (total cups of fruit) Montraie's melon ratio = 1 / (1 + 8) Montraie's melon ratio = 1 / 9Compare ratios: Compare the two ratios to determine which salad will taste more melony. Keilantra's melon ratio = 5 / 13 ≈ 0.3846 Montraie's melon ratio = 1 / 9 ≈ 0.1111 Since 0.3846 > 0.1111, Keilantra's fruit salad has a higher ratio of melon to total fruit.Conclude: Conclude which fruit salad will taste more melony based on the higher melon ratio. Keilantra's fruit salad will taste more melony because it has a higher proportion of melon compared to the total amount of fruit in the salad.

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