Question

Josie makes fruit punch by mixing fruit juice and lemonade in the ratio 1:4 she needs to make 40 litres of punch for a party

how much of each ingredient does she need

Answer 1

the fruit juice and lemonade required 8 liters and 32 liters respectively

Explanation:

The computation of each ingredient does she needed is given below:

Given that

There is liters of punch for a party is 40

And, the ratio of fruit juice to lemonade is 1:4

So,

The fruit juice is

= 40 × 1 ÷ 5

= 8 liters

And, for lemonade it is

= 40 × 4 ÷ 5

= 32 liters

hence, the fruit juice and lemonade required 8 liters and 32 liters respectively