document.write( "Question 369490: Ashley is making punch for a 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 176 onces of punch, how much of each ingredient should she use. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #263313 by nerdybill(7384)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Ashley is making punch for a 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 176 onces of punch, how much of each ingredient should she use. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Let x = onces of cranberry juice \n" ); document.write( "then \n" ); document.write( "2x = onces of orange juice \n" ); document.write( "8x = onces of ginger ale \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "x + 2x + 8x = 176 \n" ); document.write( "11x = 176 \n" ); document.write( "x = 176/11 \n" ); document.write( "x = 16 onces (cranberry juice) \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Orange juice: \n" ); document.write( "2x = 2(16) = 32 ounces \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Ginger ale: \n" ); document.write( "8x = 8(16) = 128 ounces \n" ); document.write( " |