SOLUTION: brendan mixed cola and cherry juice to make a party drink. for each 16-ounce can of cola, he used one ounce of cherry juice. if he made 17 quarts of party drink, how many cans of c

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Question 1028319: brendan mixed cola and cherry juice to make a party drink. for each 16-ounce can of cola, he used one ounce of cherry juice. if he made 17 quarts of party drink, how many cans of cola did he used, and how many ounces of cherry juice did he need?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 quart is 32 FLUID OUNCES

Brendan made 17%2A32%2AfluidOunces=544%2AfluidOunces of drink.

c, how much cola
j, how much cherry juice

system%28c%2Fj=16%2Cc%2Bj=544%29
If you understand that much then you are all set. Just solve.

Note carefully, c and j are in FLUID OUNCES. Your problem description gives 16 fluid ounces to be 1 CAN of cola, and the question asks for how many cans of cola.