Question

a fruit punch has three ingredients: apple juice, orange juice and cranberry juice. if 1/3 of the drink is apple juice and 1/2 is orange then write the ratio of cranberry juice to apple juice to orange juice in its simplest form

Answer 1

1/6:1/3:1/2

Explanation:

1/2 is the same as 3/6 and 1/3 is the same as 2/6 so 3/6+2/6=5/6 which means that all the leftover space must be cranberry juice, which is 1/6.