Question

Can anyone help me please? I'm having a bit of trouble with this word problem.

Yuan makes punch by mixing cranberry juice and pineapple juice.
For every 3 cups of punch, he uses 2 cups of cranberry juice.

Drag the correct number of each type of juice into the box that would make 15 cups of Yuan's punch.

Answer 1

Yuan would have 10 cups of cranberry juice and 5 cups of pineapple juice.

Explanation:

For every 3 cups of punch, Yuan has 2 cups of cranberry juice. First, we need to find out how many "batches" of the punch Yuan is making. 3*5=15, so 5 batches. Then we have to find out how much cranberry juice they need. 2*5=10. Then, the pineapple juice. The pineapple juice is the rest of the punch, and 3-2=1. 1*5=5. To check, 10+5=15