Question

A recipe for sparkling grape juice calls for 1.5 quarts of sparkling water and 0.75 quart of grape juice a. How much sparkling water would you need to mix with 9 quarts of grape juice? B. how much grape juice would you need to mix with 3.75 quarts of sparkling water? C. How much of each ingredient would you need to make 100 quarts of punch

Answer 1

The answer is 300.

Explanation:

Answer 2

1. 18 quarts.
2. 1.875 quarts.
3. 100÷3

Explanation:

Step 1: How much sparkling water would you need to mix with 9 quarts of grape juice?

sparkling

water grape juice

1.5 3/4

X 9

we know that 9÷0.75 = 12 and 9×12 = 108

Hence we would need 18 quarts of sparkling water.

Step 2 : how much grape juice would you need to mix with 3.75 quarts of sparkling water?

sparkling grape juice

water

1.5 3/4

15/4 1.875

1.875 can also be expressed as 1(7÷8) this ÷2 or (1÷2) we get the answer.

you would need 1(7÷8) quarts of juice.

Step 3 :How much of each ingredient would you need to make 100 quarts of punch

=200÷3 for sparkling water

=100÷3 for grape juice.

100×3 = 300.