Question

A punch recipe requires 2 cups of cranberry juice to make 3 gallons of punch. Using the same recipe, what is the amount of cranberry juice needed for 1 gallon of punch? ​

Answer 1

To make 3 gallons of punch, you need 2 cups of cranberry juice.

We can set up a proportion to find out how much cranberry juice is needed for 1 gallon of punch:

2 cups / 3 gallons = x cups / 1 gallon

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

2 cups * 1 gallon = 3 gallons * x cups

2 cups = 3x

x = 2/3 cup

Therefore, you would need 2/3 cup of cranberry juice to make 1 gallon of punch using this recipe.