SOLUTION: You like 3 teaspoons of sugar and 1/4 cup of milk in each cup of coffee (3/4 cup coffee, 1/4 cup milk) you drink. Before leaving for a trip you prepare a thermos that holds 2 quart

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Question 839097: You like 3 teaspoons of sugar and 1/4 cup of milk in each cup of coffee (3/4 cup coffee, 1/4 cup milk) you drink. Before leaving for a trip you prepare a thermos that holds 2 quarts of liquid. What quantities of coffee, sugar and milk will you use? (Assume the sugar occupies no volume.)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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32 fluid ounces = 1 quart

(3/4) cups coffee is 6 fluid ounces.
(1/4) cup milk is 2 fluid ounces.

Note, the recipe uses 3 parts coffee to 1 part milk.
Coffee: 32%283%2F4%29=24 fluid ounces.
Milk: 32%281%2F4%29=8 fluid ounces.
Sugar: from 3 tspns for 8 fl oz to 32 fl oz, multiply by 4, to get 3%2A4=12 tspns.
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That was the scaled-up recipe to ONE quart. Note that the question is for TWO quarts, so you would multiply that already-scaled-up version, by 2.