Question

Emerson is making a punch that contains 60% grape juice and the rest lemon lime soda. The punch has two liters of lemon lime soda.

Part A: Write an equation using one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of grape juice and lemon lime soda in the punch. Define the variable used in the equation and solve the equation.

Part B: How many liters of grape juice are present in the punch? Show your work.

Answer 1

the equation is the following , lts  = 0.6 x lts grape + 0.4 x  lts lemon

acoording to it, in 40  % are contained 2 lts of lemon , now

40% _______ 2lts lemon

100 % ________ x lts           x = 100*2/ 40 = 5 lts , 5 lts

the lts of grape juice is x= 5-2 =  3