document.write( "Question 913525: Maggie makes some fruit punch. She mixes 2 1/2 quarts of grape juice with 1 1/2 quarts of orange juice. One quart of grape juice cost $1 less than one quart of orange juice. She finds that the total cost of making the fruit punch is $12.50. Calculate the cost of each quart of grape juice and each quart of orange juice. \n" ); document.write( "

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Prices Per Quart:
\n" ); document.write( "g for grape juice
\n" ); document.write( "n for oraNge juice
\n" ); document.write( " $\"g=n-1\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Account for the cost.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282%261%2F2%29g%2B%281%261%2F2%29n=12.50\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282%261%2F2%29%28n-1%29%2B%281%261%2F2%29n=12.5\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%285%2F2%29%28n-1%29%2B%283%2F2%29n=12.5\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5%28n-1%29%2B3n=25\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5n-5%2B3n=25\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"8n=30\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"n=30%2F8\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highighlt%28n=15%2F4%29\"$ , $3.75 per quart. Orange Juice.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "g for grape juice is $2.75 per quart. \n" ); document.write( "

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