Emerson is making a punch that contains 60% grape juice and the rest lemon-lime soda. The punch has 2 liters of lemon-lime soda.
Part A: Write an equation using one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of grape juice and lemon-lime soda in the punch. Define the variable used in the equation. (5 points) Part B: How many liters of grape juice are present in the punch? Show your work. (5 points)
A punch contains 60% of grape juice and the rest is lemon - lime soda ( 2 liters). Part A: An equation is: 0.6 x + 2 = x, where x stays for the liters of punch. Part B: x - 0.6 x = 2 0.4 x = 2 x = 2 : 0.4 x = 5 liters Grape juice = 5 - 2 = 3 liters. Answer: There are 3 liters of grape juice in the punch.
