Question

you can make grape puch by combining 7 parts water to 1 part grape mix. if you want to make 1 gal (128 oz) of punch how many ounces of water and grape mix do you add?

Answer 1

water : grape = 7 : 1

7x + x = 128 oz, where 7x is the number of oz of water and x is the number of oz of grape mix

Answer 2

Or you can set this up using the beaker method

Answer 3

yea beaker method thats how i learned it

Answer 4

but how do you solve

Answer 5

8x = 128

x = 16