Question

Meg has a can that contains 80% of orange juice and the rest water. The can has 1 liter of water.

Part A: Write an equation in one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of orange juice and water in the can. Define the variable used in the equation.

Answer 1

oh pellet, i've been solving this all wrong. let me delete lol.

Answer 2

mkay, so lets restart.

Answer 3

if 80% of the can is taken up by orange juice. then that means 20% of the can is water. and if that 20% of the can is equal to 1 liter, then the whole can is full of 5 liters.

Answer 4

so then, the equation would be X=.8 times 5

Answer 5

X equals orange juice

Answer 6

5-X=1