Question

Tia is making lemonade for a baseball tournament. The recipe calls for 2/3 cup of strawberries for each gallon of lemonade. She has 6 cups of strawberries. How many gallons of lemonade can she make?

Answer 1

Given:

The recipe calls for
`(2)/(3)` cup of strawberries for each gallon of lemonade.

Tia has 6 cups of strawberries.

To find:

The number of gallons of lemonade she can make.

Solution:

We have,

`(2)/(3)` cup of strawberries for = 1 gallon of lemonade

`1` cup of strawberries for =
`(1)/((2)/(3))` gallons of lemonade

=
`1* (3)/(2)` gallons of lemonade

=
`(3)/(2)` gallons of lemonade

`6` cup of strawberries for =
`6* (3)/(2)` gallons of lemonade

=
`(18)/(2)` gallons of lemonade

=
`9` gallons of lemonade

Therefore, 9 gallons of lemonade she can make by using 6 cups of strawberries.