Question

Activity

Patricia and her brother Ian help themselves to a pitcher of lemonade on the kitchen counter. Patricia takes a glass and fills it with p ounces of lemonade. Ian takes a bigger glass and pours himself 20% more lemonade than Patricia poured in her glass. Write an expression to represent the quantity of lemonade (in ounces) in Ian’s glass in terms of the quantity in Patricia’s glass (p).

Complete the steps below to solve the problem.

Part A
Write an expression in terms of p that shows how many more ounces Ian poured in his glass than Patricia poured in hers.

Answer 1

Patricia poured P ounces of lemonade in her glass. Ian poured 20% more than P ounces in his glass; that is, he poured 0.20p or .2p ounces more than Patricia.

ANSWER: 0.20p

Explanation:

Answer 2

a = (1+0.2)p

This equation is used to calculate the quantity of lemonade.

Explanation:

Let the quality of lemonade in lans glass be 'a'

Quantity of lemonade in patricias glass = p ounces

Lan pours 20% more than Patricia

a = (1+0.2)p

This equation is used to calculate the quantity of lemonade