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Elena drank 3 liters of water yesterday. Jada drank 34 times as much water as Elena. Lin drank twice as much water as Jada.



a. Did Jada drink more or less water than Elena?


(b)
Explain how you know Jada drank more or less water than Elena.

Answer 1

Using proportions, it is found that Jada drinks more water than Elena, as her proportion is 3/2 of Elena's proportion.

What is a proportion?

A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three. Due to this, relations between variables, either direct or inverse proportional, can be built to find the desired measures in the problem.

Jada drank 3/4 the amount x that Elena drank, hence:

J = 3x/4.

Lin drank twice as much water as Jada, hence her proportion relative to Elena is given by:

L = 2J = 2 x 3x/4  = 6x/4 = 1.5x.

1.5x = 50% more than Elena.

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