The proportion of the jug of lemonade that was the number of cups of sugar syrup can be expressed as a ratio of sugar syrup to the total amount of lemonade.
From the given information, Silve used 3 cups of sugar syrup for every 5 cups of lemon juice, which means that for every 8 cups of lemonade, 3 cups are sugar syrup and 5 cups are lemon juice.
Therefore, the proportion of the jug of lemonade that was the number of cups of sugar syrup is:
3/8 or 0.375 (as a decimal)
So 37.5% of the jug of lemonade was the number of cups of sugar syrup.
To make a jug of lemonade, Silve used 3 cups of sugar syrup every 5 cups of lemon juice.
1. What proportion of the jug of lemonade was the number of cups of sugar syrup?
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