SOLUTION: Beth is going to purchase cranberry juice and ginger ale for a new fruit punch recipe. The recipe calls for 2 times as many bottles of ginger ale as cranberry juice. If she has

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Question 1064832: Beth is going to purchase cranberry juice and ginger ale for a new fruit punch recipe. The recipe calls for 2
times as many bottles of ginger ale as cranberry juice. If she has $20.00
, what is the most bottles of cranberry juice she can buy if cranberry juice costs
$3.20
per bottle and ginger ale costs
$0.90
per bottle?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let +n+ = number of bottles of cranberry juice needed
+2n+ = number of bottles of ginger ale needed
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+3.2n+%2B+.9%2A%28+2n+%29+=+20+
+3.2n+%2B+1.8n+=+20+
+32n+%2B+18n+=+200+
+50n+=+200+
+n+=+4+
and
+2n+=+8+
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The most bottles of cranberry juice is 4