SOLUTION: An orange-juice concentrate is to be mixed with water so that the ratio of water to concentrate is 3 to 1. At the rate, how much concentrate should be mixed with 6 pints of water?

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Question 849617: An orange-juice concentrate is to be mixed with water so that the ratio of water to concentrate is 3 to 1. At the rate, how much concentrate should be mixed with 6 pints of water?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is simply a proportion exercise.
Water to Concentrate, 3/1.
3%2F1=6%2Fc using c for the pints of concentrate.
c=2 pints of concentrate