SOLUTION: I need help with a word problem, i tried working it out but it doesn't seem to work: One litre of fruit juice contains 60 grams of sugar. How many millilitres of fruit juice contai

Question 968752: I need help with a word problem, i tried working it out but it doesn't seem to work: One litre of fruit juice contains 60 grams of sugar. How many millilitres of fruit juice contain 1.5 grams of sugar?
Found 2 solutions by rothauserc, josmiceli:
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 litre = 1000 ml
60 / 1000 = 1.5 / x
cross multiply fractions
60x = 1500
x = 25
therefore
25 ml contains 1.5 grams of sugar

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set up a ratio
First convert liter to ml
Let = ml of fruit juice

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This is OK because you have:
[ ml ] / [ grams ] = [ ml ] / [ grams ]
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Multiply both sides by

25 ml of fruit juice contain 1.5 g of sugar
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check:

OK
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