Question

a recipe for fruit punch calls for 1 cups of orange juice for every 2 cups of peach juice, and you want to make 48 cups of fruit punch. how many cups of orange juice do you need to make 48 cups of fruit punch? orange juice: 16 peach juice: 16, 16 i need cups of orange juice.

Explanation:

Step1: Determine the ratio of orange to peach juice

The ratio of orange juice to peach juice is \(1:2\). So the total number of parts in the mixture is \(1 + 2=3\) parts.

Step2: Find the amount per part

We need to make 48 cups of fruit punch. To find how much each part is, we divide the total cups by the total number of parts: \(\frac{48}{3} = 16\) cups per part.

Step3: Calculate the orange juice needed

Since orange juice is 1 part, and each part is 16 cups, the amount of orange juice needed is \(1\times16 = 16\) cups.

Answer:

16