Question

Carmen is making a strawberry drink. The recipe calls for 5 parts strawberry juice to 3 parts water. Carmen would like to make 64 fluid ounces of the strawberry drink. How many fluid ounces of strawberry juice and water does Carmen need?

Answer 1

Carmen needs 40 oz of strawberry juice and 24 oz of water.

Explanation:

The drink needs to be 5/8 strawberry juice and 3/8 water. So you can get the numbers by multiplying the fractions by 8, so that the denominator becomes 64.

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