Azeriah is making punch with orange juice and pomegranate juice. She mixes the two juices according to the amounts indicated in the table below. How many cups of pomegranate juice should she add to 20 cups of orange juice?

Question

(1 point) cups of pomegranate juice

Number of cups of orange juice
4
16

Number of cups of pomegranate juice
3
12

Answer 1

If Azeriah is mixing 4 cups of orange juice with 3 cups of pomegranate juice, the ratio is 4:3. To find out how many cups of pomegranate juice should she add to 20 cups of orange juice, we set up a proportion:

4 cups / 3 cups = 20 cups / x

Cross multiplying, we get:

4x = 3 * 20
4x = 60
x = 60 / 4
x = 15

So Azeriah should add 15 cups of pomegranate juice to 20 cups of orange juice.