SOLUTION: Mr. Milling mixed orange juice, cranberry juice and gingerale in the ratio of 4:3:5 to make punch. If he made 6 liters of punch , how many liters of gingerale did he use?

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Question 1191183: Mr. Milling mixed orange juice, cranberry juice and gingerale in the ratio of 4:3:5 to make punch. If he made 6 liters of punch , how many liters of gingerale did he use?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52787)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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6 liters of the punch are composed of 4+3+5 = 12 equal parts/volumes.


So, each of these parts is  6/12 = 0.5 liters.


Hence, the volume of ginger ale is 5 times 0.5 liters, or 2.5 liters.    ANSWER

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Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The fraction of ginger ale in the punch is 5/(4+3+5) = 5/12.

The amount of ginger ale in 6 liters of punch is

ANSWER: 2.5 liters of ginger ale
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