5. honey bees produce 7 pounds of honey for every 1 pound of beeswax they produce. use equivalent ratios to find how many pounds of honey are produced when 25 pounds of beeswax are produced.

So the ratio of pounds to beeswax is 7:1
So if you have 25 lbs of beeswax then it goes on the right: x:25

7:1 = x:25
You can multiply both sides of the first ratio by 25 because it is a fraction and will still be equivalent
x = 175 pounds of honey