SOLUTION: A 2/3 cup mix of lemon juice and olive oil makes a good cleaner for wood. If 1/4 cup of the mixture is lemon juice, how much of the cleaner is olive oil?

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Question 298654: A 2/3 cup mix of lemon juice and olive oil makes a good cleaner for wood. If 1/4 cup of the mixture is lemon juice, how much of the cleaner is olive oil?
Answer by Deina(147) About Me  (Show Source):
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Total volume is 2%2F3 cup
1%2F4 cup of that is lemon juice, so the remainder is olive oyl.
+2%2F3+-+1%2F4+=+oyl++
first, convert the fractions to the same denominator:
4 * 3 = 12
giving us:
+8%2F12+-+3%2F12+=+5%2F12+ cups of olive oyl
& bob's your uncle!