Question

Shane and Rosa each made a bowl of punch. Rosa used 7 1/8 times as much lemonade as Shane did. If Shane used 5 cups of lemonade, how many cups of lemonade did Rosa use?

Answer 1

35 5/8 cups

Explanation:

Let Rosa be R and Shane be S.

Rosa used 7 1/8 times as much lemonade as Shane did.

The equation is

R = 7 1/8 x S

If shane used five cups of lemode, number of cups used by Rosa is given by

R = 7 1/8 x 5

= 57/8 x 5

= 285/8

= 35 5/8

Therefore Rosa used 35 5/8 cups of lemonade