Question

Lee needs to mix 3.5 gallons of liquid fruit punch concentrate with 3gallons of water to make fruit punch. He wants to make 32.5 gallons offruit punch. How much fruit punch concentrate will he need?

Answer 1

Proportions

Lee makes a mix of fruit punch consisting of

3.5 gallons of liquid fruit punch concentrate with 3 gallons of water to make a total of 6.5 gallons of fruit punch.

The proportion of concentrate to the total fruit punch is 3.5/6.5.

If Lee wanted to make 32.5 gallons of fruit punch, he would need

32.5 * 3.5 / 6.5= 17.5 gallons of concentrate.

Lee would need 17.5 gallons of fruit punch concentrate