Question

Elena mixes 5 cups of apple juice with 2 cups of sparkling water to make sparkling apple juice for a party she wants to make 35 cups of sparkling apple juice. how much of each ingredient should Elena use?

Answer 1

Answer: 25 cups of apple juice and 10 cups of splarking water.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. You have the following information given in the problem:

- She mixes 5 cups of apple juice with 2 cups of sparklin.

- She wants to make 35 cups of sparkling apple juice.

2. Then:

$5cups+2cups=7cups$ (Each lot of sparkling apple juice has 7 cups).

3. As she needs 35 cups, she needs to make 5 lots of sparkling apple juice, because:

$\frac{35}{7}=5lots$

4. Therefore, you must multiply 5 lots by 5 cups of apple juice and 5 lots by 2 cups of sparkling apple juice. Then, she should use:

$A.juice=5*5cups=25cups\\S.water=5*2cups=10cups$

5. The answer is:

25 cups of apple juice and 10 cups of splarking water.