SOLUTION: A bowl contains fruit punch that is 1/2 cranberry juice. When 6 cups of cranberry juice are added to the bowl, the resulting is 2/3 cranberry juice. How many cup of punch were in t

Question 605211: A bowl contains fruit punch that is 1/2 cranberry juice. When 6 cups of cranberry juice are added to the bowl, the resulting is 2/3 cranberry juice. How many cup of punch were in the bowl to start with?
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A bowl contains fruit punch that is 1/2 cranberry juice. When 6 cups of cranberry juice are added to the bowl, the resulting is 2/3 cranberry juice. How many cup of punch were in the bowl to start with?
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let x=cups of punch in the bowl to start with.
[(1/2)x+6]/(x+6)=2/3
2x+12=3x/2+18
4x+24=3x+36
x=12
ans:
cups of punch in the bowl to start with=12
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