Question

A fruit punch recipe uses 3 parts of soda to 5 parts of juice. Lynn must calculate how many ounces of fruit juice is needed to mix with 160 ounces of soda to make the fruit punch. Which proportion will correctly calculate how much fruit juice, x, is needed?
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Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{3s}{5j} = \frac{160 s}{x j}$

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{3s}{5j} = \frac{160 s}{x j}$

cross multiply

(3s)(xj) = (160s)(5j)

rearrange to isolate x amount of juice

x = $\frac{(160)(5)}{3}$ = 266.67 parts of juice for 160 parts of soda