Question

To make a jug of lemonade, Siva used 3 cups of sugar syrup for every 5 cups of lemon juice.

1. How many cups of sugar syrup did Siva use if the jug contained 32 cups of lemonade?

Answer 1

We can start the problem by using a ratio to determine the amount of sugar syrup used. The ratio of sugar syrup to lemon juice is 3:5.

For every 5 cups of lemon juice, Siva uses 3 cups of sugar syrup. Thus, for 32 cups of lemon juice, he will use:

(3/5) x 32 = 19.2 cups of sugar syrup

Therefore, Siva used 19.2 cups of sugar syrup for the jug of lemonade.