Meredith counted the number of juice boxes in a food bank. She concluded that 3/4 of the boxes were apple juice, and that the number of orange juice boxes was 1/9 the number of apple juice boxes. What portion of the food bank’s juice boxes were orange juice? A. 23/36
B. 4/27
C. 31/36
D. 1/12

my guess would be b and d, but i didn’t actually get out the pen and paper. lol

this is a good question! i’ll do some research and what i find, i’ll contact you asap when i have something! ✊

answer:

the answer is b) divide by -4 on each side and flip the sign.

step-by-step explanation:

we first need to start by dividing. this is because it is a multiplication problem to start.

we also need to make sure we flip the sign because any time you multiply or divide by negative numbers, the sign must be flipped.