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A punch recipe requires 4 cups of crandberry juice to make 5 gallons of punch. Using the same recipe, what is the amount of crandberry juice needed for 1 gallon of punch?

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Answer:

4/5 cups

Explanation:

Given :

A punch requires ;

4 cups of crandbarry juice = 5 gallons of punch

Thus number of cups of cranberry required to make1 gallon of punch = x

4 cups = 5 gallon

x cups = 1 gallon

Cross multiply

5x = 4

x = 4/5

Thus 4/5 cups of crandberrey is required to make 1 gallon of punch

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