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Meg has a can that contains 80% orange juice and the rest water. The can has 1 liter of water. Part A: Write an equation using one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of orange
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Meg has a can that contains 80% orange juice and the rest water. The can has 1 liter of water. Part A: Write an equation using one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of orange juice and water in the can. Define the variable used in the equation and solve the equation. Hint: 0.8x represents the number of liters of orange juice in the can. Part B: How many liters of orange juice are present in the can? Show your work.

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0.8x + 0.2x = 1, 0.8 being orange juice, 0.2 being water.
80 percent of one is 0.8, converted into ml, which is x1000, there is 800ml of orange juice in the can
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