Question

The ratio of cups of orange juice concentrate to water in a punch recipe is 1 : 6. If Stefan used 18 cups of water, how many cups of orange juice concentrate did he use?

Answer 1

Order your units;

Orange Juice 1 x

____________ _______ = ________, solve for x;

Water 6 18

1/6 = x/18

×18 ×18

18/6 = x

3 = x

He will be using 3 cups of orange juice.