The proportion of the jug of lemonade that was the number of cups of sugar syrup is:
3 cups of sugar syrup / (3 cups of sugar syrup + 5 cups of lemon juice)
Simplifying:
3/8 or 0.375
So, 37.5% of the jug of lemonade was the number of cups of sugar syrup.
To make a jug of lemonade, Siva used 3 cups of sugar syrup for 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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