Question

Maria is going to purchase cranberry juice and ginger ale for a new fruit punch recipe. The recipe calls for 4 times as many bottles of ginger ale ascranberry juice. If she has $52.50, what is the most bottles of cranberry juice she can buy if cranberry juice costs $3.70 per bottle and ginger alecosts $1.70 per bottle?

Answer 1

Answer:

The most bottles of cranberry juice Maria can buy is 5

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the bottle of ginger ale needed be 4x, and of cranberry juice be x.

4x(1.7) + x(3.7) = 52.5

6.8x + 3.7x = 52.5

10.5x = 52.5

x = 52.5/10.5

= 5