Question

Sally's summer punch recipe is a combination of lemonade and fruit punch. Sally uses 6 cups of lemonade for every 8 cups of fruit punch. August made a recipe with 35 cups of liquid total, 15 of which were lemonade. Explain if August made the recipe using the correct ratios

Answer 1

August made the recipe using the correct ratios

Explanation:

we know that

Sally uses 6 cups of lemonade for every 8 cups of fruit punch

so

using proportion

Find out the number of cups of fruit punch for 15 cups of lemonade

Let

x ----> the cups of fruit punch

`(6)/(8)=(15)/(x)\\ \\x=8*15/6\\ \\x= 20\ cups\ fruit\ punch`

The total cups of liquid is the sum of the cups of lemonade plus the cups of fruit punch

so

`15+20=35\ cups`

therefore

August made the recipe using the correct ratios