SOLUTION: 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 fi

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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.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, josmiceli:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
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Prices Per Quart:
g for grape juice
n for oraNge juice

Account for the cost.

, $3.75 per quart. Orange Juice.

g for grape juice is $2.75 per quart.

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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In words:
( quarts ) x ( price / quart ) = total price
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Let = price/quart of orange juice
= price/quart of grape juice
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and

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The price/quart of orange juice is $3.75
The price/quart of grape juice $2.75
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check:

OK