A punch contains cranberry juice and ginger ale in the ratio 5:3. If you require 32 L of punch for a party, how many litres of cranberry juice and how many litres of ginger
ale are required?

You must add
6
litres of cranberry juice
Explanation:
"A fruit punch recipe calls for 3 parts of apple juice to 4 parts of cranberry juice"
Meaning: For every 3 litres of apple juice, you must add 4 litres of cranberry juice. That means if you add 6 litres of apple juice, then you must add 8 litres of cranberry juice
Now, if you add 4.5 litres of apple juice, you can think of it this way
3
apple juice
:
4
cranberry juice

4.5
apple juice
:
x
cranberry juice
x
=
4.5
×
4
3

x
=
18
3

x
=
6
Therefore, you must add
6
litres of cranberry juice
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Shwetank Mauria
Jul 25, 2018
6
liter of cranberry juice.
Explanation:
As
3
parts of apple juice are added to
4
parts of cranberry juice
and
4.5
liter of apple juice means each of three parts are
4.5
3
=
1.5
liter
and one needs
4
parts of cranberry juice i.e.
4
×
1.5
liter or
6
liter of cranberry juice.