Question

Molly is making strawberry infused water. For each ounce of strawberry juice, she uses two times as many ounces of water as juice. How many ounces of strawberry juice and how many ounces of water does she need to make 72 ounces of strawberry infused water?

Answer 1

Explanation:

For each ounce of strawberry juice, Molly uses two times as many ounces of water. This means that for every one ounce of strawberry juice, she will use two ounces of water.

Let's call the amount of strawberry juice she uses "x" (in ounces). Then, the amount of water she will need to add is 2x.

So, the total amount of liquid (in ounces) will be x + 2x = 3x.

We know that the total amount of strawberry infused water she wants to make is 72 ounces. So, we can set up the equation:

3x = 72

Solving for x, we get:

x = 24

Therefore, Molly needs 24 ounces of strawberry juice and 2 times as much water, which is 2x = 2 * 24 = 48 ounces of water to make 72 ounces of strawberry infused water.