Question

Carmen is making a strawberry drink.The recipe calls for 5 parts strawberry juice and 3 parts water.Carmen would like to make 64 fluid ounces of the strawberry drink. How many fluid ounces of strawberry juice and water does Carmen need?

Answer 1

From the information above we can get the ratio of water to strawberry in the juice.

This is given by :

Strawberry : Water = 5 : 3

The sum of these ratios is:

5 + 3 = 8.

This represents 64 ounces :

Water : 3/8 × 64 = 24 ounces

Strawberry : 5/8 × 64 = 40 ounces