Question

Apple juice and cranberry juice have been mixed in the ratio of 4:5. If the price of apple juice is 45 cents per pint and the price of cranberry juice is $0.8 per pint, what should the price of one pint of the mixture be?

Answer 1

$0.24444

Explanation:

Answer 2

$0.24

Explanation:

The computation of the price of the one pint of the mixture is shown below:

Since the ratio of apple juice and cranberry juice is 4:5

And, the price of apple juice is 45 cents i.e. = 0.45 × 4 ÷ 9 = 0.2

Also the price of cranberry juice is $0.8 = $0.08 × 5 ÷ 9 = 0.04

SO, the price of one pint of the mixture is

= 0.2 + 0.04

= $0.24