Question

You mix 0.25 cup of juice, concentrate for every 2 cups of water to make 18 cups of juice. How much juice concentrate do you use? How much water do you use?

Answer 1

Answer: 2 cups of juice concentrate and 16 cups of water.

Explanation:

It is given that 0.25 cups of juice concentrate for every 2 cups of water makes 18 cups of juice. We can create an equation to solve. We will find how many times we add 0.25 cups of juice and 2 cups of water.

0.25x + 2x = 18

2.25x = 18

x = 8

Next, we will find how many total cups of juice concentrate and water are used by multiplying.

0.25 * 8 = 2 cups of juice concentrate

2 * 8 = 16 cups of water