A punch recipe calls for 1 liter of lemon soda for every 3 liters of fruit juice. If a woman uses 10 liters of fruit juice, how many liters of lemon soda would she need?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-07T17:32:49

#3 1/3# liter lemon soda

#3# liters fruit juice#=1 # liter lemon juice

#:.10# liters fruit juice#=10/3 xx 1#

#:.=3 1/3# liter lemon juice

Answer 2 · 2017-06-07T18:01:53

#3 1/3# liters

The given ration is 1:3. Let's set up a proportion:

#1/3=x/10#

Cross multiply and solve for #x#:

#3x=10#

#x=10/3#

#3 1/3# liters