Im lost! 1.Juice-O-Rama is a refreshment stand specializing in a fruit drink mixture of orange juice and prune juice. The orange juice costs $1.20 per liter and the prune juice costs $1.40 per liter. If they need 8 liters of the final drink at a cost of $1.24 per liter, how many liters of each juice will they need to make their specialty drink?

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Im lost!  1.Juice-O-Rama is a refreshment stand specializing in a fruit drink mixture of orange juice and prune juice. The orange juice costs $1.20 per liter and the prune juice costs $1.40 per liter. If they need 8 liters of the final drink at a cost of $1.24 per liter, how many liters of each juice will they need to make their specialty drink?

anonymous · Answer

x= liters of oj
y=liters of pj

x+y=8
1.2x+1.4y=1.24?

anonymous · Answer

i think u need to do something with that 1.24 because that above equation will never work

anonymous · Answer

what equation should i use?

anonymous · Answer

mixture problem?

anonymous · Answer

ur first equation is correct.

second equation, multiply 1.24 by 8.

anonymous · Answer

then, use substitution method to find the value of x and y (the number of liters the two juice should contain)