Question

Bruce has a bottle that contains 60% of lemon juice and the rest water. The bottle has 1 liter of water.

Part A: Write an equation in one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of lemon juice and water in the bottle. Define the variable used in the equation. (5 points)

Answer 1

To get the answer, you simply need to make an equation of knowing that 1 liter is 60% of the bottle. In equation it will be like this,

0.6(x) = 1L
then,
x = 1 liter / 0.6

let x be the total number of Liter in the bottle
0.6 as 60%
1L as the 60% of the bottle.