Question

tom made a raspberry smoothie with 12 ounces of milk and some raspberry ice cream. he divided the mixture into four 6-ounce glasses with 2 ounces left over. how much raspberry ice cream did he use?

Answer 1

Given,

Milk amount = 12 ounces

Glass capacity = 6 ounces

Leftover = 2 ounces

To find,

Amount of raspberry icecream.

Solution,

We can easily solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process.

Let, the amount of raspberry icecream = x ounces

Final product amount = (12+x) ounces

Total glass capacity = (6×4) = 24 ounces

According to the data mentioned in the question,

12+x = 24+2 [At RHS, the leftover is added to served amount]

12+x = 26

x = 14

Hence, 14 ounces of raspberry icecream is used.