Question

A recipe for lemonade calls for 6 cups of lemonade for every 24 cups water. Which equation can be used to find x, the percent of lemonade in the recipe? (HINT: think of how much total lemonade and water is being used) *

Answer 1

24 times x equals 6

Answer 2

To make 6 cups, you will need 2 cups of lemon and 4 cups of water....6 total

TWO of the six are lemon 2/6 x 100 = 33.33% Lemon the rest is water 100-33.33= 66.67% water

OR

FOUR out of the SIX are water 4/6 x 100 = 66.67% Water

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