Question

A restaurant makes smoothies in batches of 9.6 litres. The smoothies are made from ice cream and a mixed fruit juice in the ratio 5:3 35% of the juice is orange juice. Work out the maximum number of batches of smoothie that can be made from 63 litres of orange ​

Answer 1

9.6/8 = 1.2

1.2 x 5 = 6 litres of ice cream
1.2 x 3 = 3.6 litres of mixed fruit juice

3.6 x 0.35 = 1.26 litres of orange juice per batch

63/1.26 = 50 batches of smoothie