Question

A drink is mixed in the ratio
lemonade : orange : cranberry = 6 : 3 : ?
If the fraction for cranberry juice is 3/12, what would be the missing number in the ratio?

Answer 1

Answer:

3

Step-by-step explanation:

 Drink mix ratio:

        Lemonade   :    Orange      :     Cranberry

                 6           :          3          :          C

  Fraction  of Cranberry juice  = $\frac{3}{12}$

Sum of the ratio = 6 + 3 + C  = 9 + C

   Fraction of Cranberry;

                $\frac{C}{9 + C}$   = $\frac{3}{12}$

               3(9 + C)  = 12C

               27 + 3C  = 12C

               27  = 12C - 3C

                9C  = 27

                   C = 3

The missing number will be 3