Question

An orange punch recipe uses 2/3 cup carbonated water for every 4 cups orange juice. Mandy pours 5 cups of orange juice into a bowl.how many cups of carbonated water does Mandy need?

Answer 1

(5/6) cup carbonated water

Explanation:

We can easily solve this problem by applying a rule of three.

4 cups of orange juice ------------------------ 2/3 cup carbonated water

5 cups of orange juice ------------------------ x

x = (5/4)*2/3 cup carbonated water

x = (10/12) cup carbonated water

x = (5/6) cup carbonated water

x = 0.8333 cup carbonated water