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Yuan makes punch by mixing cranberry juice and pineapple juice.

For every 3
cups of pineapple juice, he uses 2
cups of cranberry juice

User ClayRay
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Answer:

  • 6 cups pineapple juice
  • 4 cups cranberry juice

Explanation:

Given that Yuan's punch uses pineapple and cranberry juices in the ratio 3 cups : 2 cups, you want to know the number of cups of each kind of juice required for 10 cups of punch.

Total

The total number of cups of punch made by one recipe is ...

3 cups + 2 cups = 5 cups

To make 10 cups of punch, we can double the recipe:

6 cups of pineapple juice and 4 cups of cranberry juice for 10 cups of punch

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