According to the directions on a can of frozen orange juice concentrate, 1 can of concentrate is to be mixed with 3 cans of water to make orange juice. how many 12-ounce cans of the concentrate are required to prepare 200 6-ounce servings of orange juice?
a) 25
b) 34
c) 50
d) 67
e) 100

answer:

a) 25

step-by-step explanation:

concentrate /   juice = 1/4

200 6-ounce of orange juice = 100 12-ounce of orange juice

as 1/4th 100 12-ounce of orange juice must be concentrate -->

100 x 1/4=25 12-ounce of cans of concentrate are required.

step-by-step explanation:

first, eliminate the parenthesis:

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second, group like terms:

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third, combine like terms:

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