Question

Marcus pours 12 ounces of cranberry juice into a punch bowl. He uses a container to add sprakling water to the bowl one ounce at a time. Write a rule to show the pattern and use it to calculate how many ounces of liquid Marcus will have in the bowl after adding 8 containers of sparkling water.

Answer 1

Answer: There is 20 ounces of liquid in the bowl after adding 8 containers of sparkling water.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of ounces of cranberry juice into a punch bowl = 12 ounces

According to question, he uses a container to add sparkling water to the bowl one ounce at a time.

Let the amount of sparkling water added to the bowl be 'x'

Let the total number of ounces of liquid Marcus will have be 'y'.

So, our equation becomes,

`y=12+x`

Here, we have asked after adding 8 containers of sparkling water .

So, now, our equation becomes,

`y=12+x\\\\y=12+8\\\\y=20\ ounces`

Hence, there is 20 ounces of liquid in the bowl after adding 8 containers of sparkling water.