Question

Vikranth's recipe for fruit punch called for 5 parts of water to 2 parts of fruit punch. Set up a proportion and find out how much water did he need for 8 cups of punch mix?​

Answer 1

Answer:

2 cups of fruit punch = 5 parts of water

8 cups of fruit punch = 8 × 5 /2

= 4 × 5

= 20 cups

the proportion is 2 : 5 : : 8 : 20