Ginger Ale: 40%

Orange Juice: 25%

Pineapple juice: 20%

Sorbet: 15%Elise does not like sorbet, so she omits that ingredient and adds 5% of each of the other ingredients. how many cups of punch will she have if she uses 6 cups of orange juice

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Samir Zuniga

11 October, 23:56

Ginger Ale: 40%

Orange Juice: 25%

Pineapple juice: 20%

Sorbet: 15%Elise does not like sorbet, so she omits that ingredient and adds 5% of each of the other ingredients. how many cups of punch will she have if she uses 6 cups of orange juice

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Demetrius Ho · Answer 1

After omitting the sorbet, the modified recipe is:

ginger ale: 45%

orange juice: 30%

pineapple: 25%

6 cups of orange juice = 30% (p) = 0.3 (p) (set p=amount of punch)

multiply by 10:

60 = 3p

divide by 3:

20 = p

20 cups of punch

Ginger Ale: 40%Orange Juice: 25%Pineapple juice: 20%Sorbet: 15%Elise does not like sorbet, so she omits that ingredient and adds 5% of each of the other ingredients. how many cups of punch will she have if she uses 6 cups of orange juice

Ginger Ale: 40%

Orange Juice: 25%

Pineapple juice: 20%

Sorbet: 15%Elise does not like sorbet, so she omits that ingredient and adds 5% of each of the other ingredients. how many cups of punch will she have if she uses 6 cups of orange juice