The class is having a party and they want to make punch. The recipe calls for 3 1/2 quarts of lime soda,2 1/4 of ginger ale and fruit juice. If the class needs 2 gallons of punch, how much fruit juice is needed? Please explain your answer since I really need help!

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anonymous · Answer

you have three and a half quarts, plus two and a quarter quarts, for a total of five and three quarters quarts.

anonymous · Answer

two gallons is eight quarts, since there are four quarts to a gallon, so you need the rest to be juice.
eight  minus five three quarters is two and a quarter, so that is what you need