A recipe for lemonade punch calls for 6 cups of lemonade for every 24 cups of punch. Which equation can be used to find x, the percentage of lemonade in the recipe?

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Rozuur · Answer 1 · 2021-05-06T21:59:06+0000

Answer:

The percentage of lemonade in the recipe is 25%.

Explanation:

Given:

A recipe for lemonade punch calls for 6 cups of lemonade for every 24 cups of punch.

Now, to find
, the percentage of lemonade in the recipe.

In the recipe 6 cups of lemonade for every 24 cups of punch.

The percentage of lemonade = Cups of lemonade / cups of punch.

So, the equation to get the percentage:

x=(6)/(24) * 100

x=0.25* 100

$x=25\%.$

Therefore, the percentage of lemonade in the recipe is 25%.