Question

A marinade for chicken uses 3 parts lime juice for every 5 parts of orange juice. If the marinade uses 1/5 cup of lime juice how much oj should be used?

Answer 1

Answer: 1/3 cup of oj

Explanation:

Answer 2

You should use
`(1)/(3)` orange juice.

Explanation:

Set up a proportion

`(3)/(5)` =
`((1)/(5) )/(x)`
This is lime juice to orange juice. Cross multiply and solve for x.

3x =
`(5)/(1 )` x
`(1)/(5)`

3x = 1 Divide both sides by 3

x =
`(1)/(3)`