Question

Four cups of pure water are added to a 20-cup bowl of punch that is 75% juice. What percentage of the new punch is juice?

Answer 1

This is an example of a mixture problem. Given that originally, there are 15 cups of juice out of the 20 cups. With the added 4 cups of water, then there will now be 24 cups in total. So the percentage of juice in the new punch would be 15/24, or 62.5%.

Answer 2

Answer: The percentage of juice present in new punch is 62.5 %.

Step-by-step explanation:

In 20 cup of punch = 75 % of juice

Cup of juices in 20 cup of punch =

`(20* 75)/(100)=15 cups` of juice

After addition of 4 cups of water the total volume of punch becomes:

= (15 cups of juice + 5 cups of water)+ (4 cups of water added more) = 24 cups

Percentage of the juice in new punch juice is:

`\%=(15)/(24)* 100=62.5\%`

The percentage of juice present in new punch is 62.5 %.