Question

In a fruit cocktail, for every 25 ml of orange juice you need 30 ml of apple juice and 45 ml of coconut milk. What proportion of the cocktail is apple juice?

Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

Answer 1

The proportion of apple juice

`p = (3)/(10) = 0.3`

Explanation:

Given that fruit cocktail, for every 25ml of orange juice

Given that 30ml of apple juice

Given that 45ml of coconut milk

we need to find the proportion of apple juice

The proportion of apple juice

`p = (x^(-) )/(n) \\ = (30)/(100) \\`

`p = (3)/(10)`

The proportion of apple juice
`p = (3)/(10)`