To make 6 glasses of lemonade, Karla uses 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of lemon juice, and 51/2 cup of water. If Karla wants to make 10 glasses of lemonade, which proportion can she use to determine how many cups of water, w, she will need?

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Fatima Huynh

Mathematics

10 January, 08:53

To make 6 glasses of lemonade, Karla uses 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of lemon juice, and 51/2 cup of water. If Karla wants to make 10 glasses of lemonade, which proportion can she use to determine how many cups of water, w, she will need?

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Jimmy Collier · Answer 1

Lemonade sugar. lemon juice water

6 glasses ... 1/2 ... 1/2 ... 51/2

10 glasses ... x ... y ... z

x = (10*1/2) / 6

x=10/2/6

x=5/6 sugar

y=x=5/6 lemon juice

z = (51/2*10) / 6

z = (510/2) / 6

z=255/6 water