Question

Emily is making a punch that contains 75% apple juice and the rest ginger ale. The punch has 2 liters of ginger ale.

Part A: Write an equation using one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of apple juice and ginger ale in the punch. Define the variable used in the equation and solve the equation. Hint: 0.75x represents the number of liters of apple juice in the punch. (5 points)

Part B: How many liters of apple juice are present in the punch? Show your work. (5 points)

Answer 1

A. 0.25x = 2 B. 6

Explanation:

25% of the total number of liters of juice = 2

this means that

the total number of liters of juice =
`(2)/(.25)` = 8

the total number of liters of juice = the apple juice + the ginger ale

the ginger ale = the total number of liters of juice - the apple juice

so

the ginger ale amount = 8 - 2 = 6