Question

Corrine made smoothies for her family, but she changed the recipe from the previous time she used it. The first recipe required that she use one-fourth of a container of orange juice. This time, she used one-half of the orange juice required in the original recipe. If she used 8 ounces of orange juice this time, how much orange juice was in the original container? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

she used one half of the original amount, and she used 8 ounces so the original amount must have been twice the 8 ounces, or 16 ounces

Answer 3

since one quarter of the container was 16 ounces, the entire container must be four times that amount

Answer 4

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