Question

when making a batch of orange juice for her basketball team, Jackie used 5 times as much water as concentrate. There were 32 more cups of water than concentrate. How much juice did she make an all? she poured the juice into quart containers. How many containers could she fill?

Answer 1

Jackie can fill 10 containers

Explanation:

5x=32+x

4x=32

x=8

so Jackie used 40 cups of water and 8 cups of concentrate to make the orange juice

4 cups equals a quart

so 40/4 = 10

Jackie can fill 10 containers