Question

A fruit punch recipe call for 30 cups of orange juice and 18 cups of pineapple juice. If you only have 1 cup of orange juice, how many cups of pineapple should you use.

Answer 1

You should use 0.6 cups of pineapple juice if you only have 1 cup of orange juice.

Explanation:

With the information provided about the recipe, you can use a rule of three to find the cups of pineapple you should use if you only have 1 cup of orange juice given that the recipe calls for 30 cups of orange juice and 18 cups of pineapple juice:

30 cups of orange juice → 18 cups of pineapple juice

1 cup of orange juice → x

x=(1*18)/30=0.6 cups of pineapple juice

According to this, the answer is that you should use 0.6 cups of pineapple juice if you only have 1 cup of orange juice.