Question

Sally's summer punch recipe is a combination of lemonade and fruit punch. Sally uses 6 cups of lemonade for every 8 cups of fruit punch. August made a recipe with 35 cups of liquid total, 15 of which were lemonade. Explain if August made the recipe using the correct ratios

Answer 1

Answer:

August made the recipe using the correct ratios

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

Sally uses 6 cups of lemonade for every 8 cups of fruit punch

so

using proportion

Find out the number of cups of fruit punch for 15 cups of lemonade

Let

x ----> the cups of fruit punch

$\frac{6}{8}=\frac{15}{x}\\ \\x=8*15/6\\ \\x= 20\ cups\ fruit\ punch$

The total cups of liquid is the sum of the cups of lemonade plus the cups of fruit punch

so

$15+20=35\ cups$

therefore

August made the recipe using the correct ratios