Question

A slushy recipe calls for 4 cups of fruit juice, but you only have 3 1/2 cups. by what percentage do you need to cut back all the ingredients to make the recipe turn out correctly?

Answer 1

You cut everything in half 1/2

Answer 2

12.5%

Explanation:

We are given that

Slushy recipe required fruit juice=4 cups

You have fruit juice=
`3(1)/(2)=(7)/(2)` cups

We have to find the percentage of ingredients required to cut back to make recipe turn out correctly.

You have to required fruit juice =
`4-(7)/(2)=(1)/(2)`

You need to cut back all ingredients to make the recipe turn out correctly=
`(1)/(2)` cup

Percentage you need to cut back all ingredients to make the recipe turn out correctly=
`((1)/(2))/(4)* 100=`12.5 %

Hence, you need to cut back all the ingredients to make the recipe turn out correctly=12.5%