Question

The ratio of cups of orange juice concentrate to water in a punch recipe is 1 : 4. If Gordon used 32 cups of water, how many cups of orange juice concentrate did he use?

Answer 1

Answer: 8 cups of orange juice concentrate

Explanation:

Since the ratio of cups of orange juice concentrate to water in a punch recipe is 1 : 4. It simply means that for 1 cup of orange juice, there are 4 cups of water.

Therefore, if Gordon used 32 cups of water, the number of cups of orange juice concentrate that he used will be one quarter of 32. This will be:

= 1/4 × 32

= 8 cups of orange juice concentrate