A fruit salad recipe requires 20 cups of blueberries, 22 cups of strawberries, and 18 cups of grapes. To make a batch with 3 cups of grapes, how many cups of berries are needed in all?

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Angelina Peterson

Mathematics

21 December, 04:43

A fruit salad recipe requires 20 cups of blueberries, 22 cups of strawberries, and 18 cups of grapes. To make a batch with 3 cups of grapes, how many cups of berries are needed in all?

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Grayson Mcconnell · Answer 1

Grayson Mcconnell 21 December, 04:45

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2 i believe thats the answer

Cali Pittman · Answer 2

The ratio is b:s:g=20:22:18 and if we only care about berries and grapes the ratio is:

b:g=42:18 now we can set up a relationship to solve ...

3g (42b/18g) = 7b

So using 3 cups of grapes requires 7 cups of berries in total.