Question

Lauren uses1/3cup of carrot juice for every2/3cup of apple juice to make a fruit drink.Enter the number of cups of carrot juice Lauren uses for 1 cup of apple juice,

Answer 1

1/3 cup of carrot juice ---------------------------------->2/3 cup of apple juice

x cups of carrot juice ----------------------------------->1 cup of apple juice

Using cross multiplication:

`((1)/(3))/(x)=((2)/(3))/(1)`

solve for x:

`\begin{gathered} x=((1)/(3))/((2)/(3)) \\ x=(3)/(6) \\ x=(1)/(2) \end{gathered}`

She uses 1/2 cups of carrot juice for 1 cup of apple juice