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Jada makes sparkiling juice by mixing 2 cups of sparkiling water with every 3 cups of aplle juice.

how much sparkiling water does jada need if she uses 15 cups of apple juice?
solve the answer with a full explanation

User Nilesh B
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Answer:

10 cups

Explanation:

we can set up a proportion of cups of water over cups of apple juice

2/3 = w/15

if you cross-multiply you will get:

3w = 30

w = 30/3

w = 10

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