document.write( "Question 241223: Alisha is making punch for a graduation party.The recipe requires twice as much orange juice as cranberry juice and 8 times as much ginger ale as cranberry juice.If she plans to make 165oz of punch,how much orange juice does she need? ok word problems are really hard for me,i just dont understand them at all, i have trouble on how to write them out find the answer. \n" ); document.write( "
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The recipe requires twice as much orange juice as cranberry juice and 8 times as much ginger ale as cranberry juice.
\n" ); document.write( "If she plans to make 165oz of punch,how much orange juice does she need?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = amt of cranberry juice required
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\n" ); document.write( "It said,\"Twice as much orange juice as cranberry juice.\" therefore
\n" ); document.write( "2x = amt of orange juice
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\n" ); document.write( "It also said,\"8 times as much ginger ale as cranberry juice\" therefore
\n" ); document.write( "8x = amt of ginger ale
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\n" ); document.write( "Find x using the total amt:
\n" ); document.write( "x + 2x + 8x = 165
\n" ); document.write( "11x = 165
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"165%2F11\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = 15 oz of cranberry juice
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "2(15) = 30 oz of orange juice which is what the asked for
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\n" ); document.write( "To check our solution, find the amt of ginger ale
\n" ); document.write( "8(15) = 120 oz of ginger ale
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\n" ); document.write( "15 + 30 + 120 = 165 oz
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\n" ); document.write( "That was not too difficult, was it? \n" ); document.write( "
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