Question

A recipe of a fruit punch calls for 2 cups of orange juice to 1 cup of apple juice. How much orange juice and how much apple juice is needed to make 12 cups of this fruit punch?

Answer 1

so, twice as much orange juice as apple juice

find the proportionality constant (k) ... 2 k + 1 k = 12 ... 3 k = 12 ... k = 4

8 + 4 = 12 ... 8 c orange , 4 c apple

Answer 2

x/12 = 1/3
x = 4

Answer 3

A recipe for fruit punch requires 13/4 cups of orange juice, 21/3 cups of apple juice, and 1/2 cups of lemon juice. How many cups of juice are used to make the fruit punch?

Answer 4

Jasmine bought a large rectangular cake for her birthday party. The cake was cut into 48 equal pieces. Jasmine ate 1/16 of the cake. How many pieces of cake did Jasmine eat?