document.write( "Question 532453: I would appreciate help working this problem. I have tried it many different ways. The problem states: to clean a teakettle, add 4 parts water to 1 part vinegar. How much of each ingredient is needed to make 3 cups of this mixture? \r
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4 parts water and 1 part vinegar. I think of this as 5 parts, where 4/5 is water and 1/5 is vinegar.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For 3 cups, you would need 4/5 of the 3 cups to be water, so $\"%284%2F5%29%2A3\"$ which will give you $\"12%2F5\"$ cups, or $\"2\"$ $\"2%2F5\"$ cups of water.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You would need 1/5 of the 3 cups to be vinegar, so $\"%281%2F5%29%2A3\"$ which will give you $\"3%2F5\"$ cups of vinegar. \n" ); document.write( "

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