In a fruit cocktail, for every 20 ml of orange juice you need 10 ml of apple juice and 15 ml of coconut milk. What proportion of the cocktail is coconut milk? Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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Amari

27 May, 22:20

In a fruit cocktail, for every 20 ml of orange juice you need 10 ml of apple juice and 15 ml of coconut milk. What proportion of the cocktail is coconut milk? Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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Esperanza Nelson · Answer 1

Since you have to mix all of it together, the whole cocktail is 20+10+15=45.

And the portion that is coconut milk is 15ml. So that means there is 15 out of 45 or 15/45 coconut milk in the cocktail. Then the simpelest form is 1/3.