Mon wants to make 5 lbs of the sugar syrup. how much water and how much sugar does he need to make 75% syrup?

He needs 3.75 lbs of sugar and 1.25 lbs of water.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x lbs be the amount of sugar in the syrup. Then 5-x lbs is the amount of water in this syrup.

Note

5 lbs - 100%

x lbs - 75%

Write a proportion:

Cross multiply:

So, he needs 3.75 lbs of sugar and 5 - 3.75 = 1.25 lbs of water.

3 1/3 x 2 3/5 = 8 2/3

step-by-step explanation:

just multiply the first number by the second number to get your answer.

ratio is 2 : 9

the answer is three

13.5 : 3