document.write( "Question 929596: when you have a recipe of 5 cups of concentrate and 8 cups of water how do you arrive at the answer for how much of each product you need for one full cup of juice \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #564402 by LinnW(1048)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "Do cross products \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "add 5x to each side \n" ); document.write( "13x = 5 \n" ); document.write( "divide each side by 13 \n" ); document.write( " x = 5/13 cup \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " 1-x = 8/13 cup \n" ); document.write( "So we need a mixture of 5/13 concentrate with 8/13 water \n" ); document.write( "If we want ounces we need 8*(5/13) with 8*(8/13) \n" ); document.write( " or 40/13 ounces with 64/13 ounces \n" ); document.write( " or 3.077 ounces with 4.92 ounces \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |