Question

The chart below shows how many cups of lemonade Marcia sold each hour she had her lemonade stand set up. To make 10 cups of lemonade, Marcia has to squeeze 3 lemons. How many lemons did Marcia use in the first 4 hours?

Answer 1

Marcia used 5 lemons in the first 4 hours of her lemonade stand.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find how many lemons Marcia used in the first 4 hours, we need to determine the total number of cups of lemonade made in that time and then convert it to the number of lemons used. Based on the chart, Marcia sold 5 cups in the first hour, 4 cups in the second hour, 6 cups in the third hour, and 3 cups in the fourth hour. So, the total number of cups in the first 4 hours is 5 + 4 + 6 + 3 = 18 cups.

Since 10 cups of lemonade require 3 lemons, we can set up a proportion:

10 cups/3 lemons = 18 cups/x lemons

Cross-multiplying gives us 10x = 3 * 18, which simplifies to 10x = 54. Dividing both sides by 10 gives us x = 5.4.

So, Marcia used 5.4 lemons in the first 4 hours. However, since you can't have a fraction of a lemon, we can round it to the nearest whole number. Therefore, Marcia used 5 lemons in the first 4 hours.