Question

Sally makes a fruit drink using ⅔ of a cup of orange juice for every ¼ of a cup of pineapple juice. How many cups of orange juice will Sally need if she uses 2 cups of pineapple juice?

Answer 1

5 1/3

Explanation:

Set up ratio.

2/3 cup orange juice X 2 cups pineapple juice

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1/4 cup pineapple juice

first multiply numerator : 2/3 x 2 = 4/3

and divide by denominator

(4/3)/(1/4). Keep the first. Change the sign to multiplication and Flip the second fraction.

4/3 x 4/1 = 16/3

change to proper fraction : 16/3 = 5 1/3 cups