<PRE><B>Question 177564</B>
Katie is making punch for a party. The recipe calls for 3 parts fruit juice to 2 parts ginger ale. To make 15 gallons of punch, how many gallons of ginger ale will Katie need?
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juice is to ale as 3 is to 2, which is the same as 3x to 2x.
Equation 3x + 2x = 15 galloms
5x = 15
x = 3
So fruit = 3x = 9 gallons
And ale = 2x = 6 gallons
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Cheers,
Stan H.</PRE>