SOLUTION: Lindsey has a delicious recipe for party punch. The recipe requires twice as much orange juice than pineapple juice, and 8 times as much Sprite as pineapple juice. Lindsey plans o
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Question 33294: Lindsey has a delicious recipe for party punch. The recipe requires twice as much orange juice than pineapple juice, and 8 times as much Sprite as pineapple juice. Lindsey plans on making 176 ounces of punch for her party, how much of each ingredient should she use?
I thought the problem should be set up as such x = pineapple juice
2x + x = orange juice and 8x + x = Sprite
x + (2x + x) + (8x + x)=176 but how do I find each ingredient? Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the equation should be x+2x+8x=176 or 11x=176 x=176/11 or x=16oz of pinapple, 32oz of orange jice & 128 oz of sprite
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