Question

A recipe for fruit punch calls for 2 cans of pineapple juice and 3 cans of orange juice. I use 72 cans of orange juice how many cans of pineapple juice will I use?

Answer 1

You would use 48 cans of pineapple juice for this fruit punch recipe.

Answer 2

Answer: There are 48 cans of pineapple juice he would use.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of cans of pineapple = 2

for which Number of cans of orange juice = 3

So, ratio of cans of pineapple to cans of orange juice is given by

2:3.

Number of cans of orange juice used = 72

Let the number of cans of pineapple juice be 2x

Let the number of cans of orange juice be 3x.

According to question,

`3x=72\\\\x=(72)/(3)\\\\x=24`

so, Number of cans of pineapple juice would be

`2x=2* 24\\\\=48`

Hence, there are 48 cans of pineapple juice he would use.