Question

Ada makes sparkling juice by mixing 2 cups of sparkling water with every 4 cups of apple juice. Let s represent the number of cups of sparkling water and j represent the number of cups of apple juice. Write an equation that shows how and are related.

Answer 1

s = 2j

Explanation:

Given - Ada makes sparkling juice by mixing 2 cups of sparkling water

with every 4 cups of apple juice. Let s represent the number of

cups of sparkling water and j represent the number of cups of

apple juice.

To find - Write an equation that shows how s and j are related.

Proof -

Let total number of cups of sparkling water make = s

Total number of cups of apple juice make = j

Now,

Given that, Ada makes sparkling juice by mixing 2 cups of sparkling water with every 4 cups of apple juice.

⇒2s = 4j

⇒s = 2j

∴ we get

Ada can makes sparking water by mixing 2j cups of sparking water with every j cups of apple juice.