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Cranberry juice costs $6.30 per quart and apple juice costs $3.60 per quart. Terrence wants to know how many quarts q of cranberry juice he should mix with 4 quarts of apple juice to make cranberry-apple juice. He also wants to sell the juice at cost for $4.50 per quart. Which equation below represents the situation?

A. 3.60(q – 4) + 25.20 = 4.50q
B. 3.60q + 25.20 = 4.50(q + 4)
C. 6.30(q – 4) + 14.40 = 4.50q
D. 6.30q + 14.40 = 4.50(q + 4)

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The correct answer is D

Explanation:

Cost of q quarts of Cranberry juice will be: $ 6.30q and cost of 4 quarts of apple juice will be $ (3.60×4)= $ 14.40. Total quarts of items would be q+4 , and he also wants to sell the juice at cost for $4.50 per quart. That means that the total cost to sell the juices will be $4.50(q+4) . Also, Total cost= Cost of q quarts of cranberry juice+cost of 4 quarts of apple juice.

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