Question

Wes mixed different juices to make fruit punch. He filled one-half of the punch bowl with orange juice. Then he filled half of the remaining space with grape juice. Finally, he filled the rest of the punch bowl with 300 mL300\text{ mL}300 mL300, space, m, L of cherry juice. How many liters of fruit punch did Wes make?

Answer 1

1/2 is orange juice, 1/4 is grape juice, and the rest (1/4) 300 ml cherry juice.
So 300 mL grape juice + 300 mL cherry=600 and the other half should be 600. 600+600=1200 mL of fruit punch.

At least I believe that would be right.

Answer 2

Answer:

1.2L

Step-by-step explanation:

1/2 of the bowl is orange juice.

1/2 of the remaining 1/2, or 1/4, is grape juice.

The remaining space, 1-(1/2+1/4/) = 1-3/4 = 1/4, is cherry juice.  This is 300 mL.

This means the 1/4 that is grape juice is also 300 mL.

Since it is twice as much, this means the 1/2 that is orange juice is 300(2) = 600 mL.

This gives us a total of 300+300+600 = 1200 mL; this is 1200/1000 = 1.2 L.