Question

In a fruit punch drink, the 3 ingredients are apple juice, orange juice and cranberry juice. If 1/4 of the drink is apple juice and 2/5 is orange juice then write the ratio of cranberry juice to apple juice to orange juice in its simplest form.

Answer 1

First, let's convert these fractions to percentages.

$\frac{1}{4}$ ⇒ 25%

$\frac{2}{5}$ ⇒ 40%

To find the percentage of cranberry juice = 100% - (40% + 25%)

$= 100 - (40 - 25)$

$= 100 - 65$

$= 35$

So, the cranberry juice is 35%

apple juice = 25%

orange juice = 40%

cranberry juice = 35%

Then, we divide 25, 40, and 35  to their GCF and their GCF is 5

$25 / 5 = 5\\40 /5= 8\\35 / 5 = 7$

apple juice  = 5

orange juice = 8

cranberry juice = 7

Answer:

7:5:8