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Josie makes fruit punch by mixing fruit juice and lemonade in the ratio 1:3

She needs to make 28 litres of punch for a party,
How much of each ingredient does she need?
Fruit juice = 7 litres Lemonade = 21 litres [4]
During the party Josie decides to make some more.
She has 3 litres of fruit juice left and plenty of lemonade,
How much extra punch can she make?
litres

To make the second batch of punch go further Josie
adds 3 more litres of lemonade,
What is the ratio of fruit juice to
lemonade in the second batch?

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if she has three litres of fruit juice left, she can use nine liters of lemonade. She can make twelve more liters of punch

For the second batch the ratio of fruit juice to lemonade would be 3:12 or 1:4
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