Question

Tia is making lemonade for a baseball tournament. The recipe calls for 2/3 cup of strawberries for each gallon of lemonade. She has 6 cups of strawberries. How many gallons of lemonade can she make?

Answer 1

Given:

The recipe calls for $\dfrac{2}{3}$ cup of strawberries for each gallon of lemonade.

Tia has 6 cups of strawberries.

To find:

The number of gallons of lemonade she can make.

Solution:

We have,

$\dfrac{2}{3}$ cup of strawberries for = 1 gallon of lemonade

$1$ cup of strawberries for = $\dfrac{1}{\frac{2}{3}}$ gallons of lemonade

                                        = $1\times \dfrac{3}{2}$ gallons of lemonade

                                       = $\dfrac{3}{2}$ gallons of lemonade

$6$ cup of strawberries for = $6\times \dfrac{3}{2}$ gallons of lemonade

                                         = $\dfrac{18}{2}$ gallons of lemonade

                                        = $9$ gallons of lemonade

Therefore, 9 gallons of lemonade she can make by using 6 cups of strawberries.