Bruce has a bottle that contains 60% of lemon juice and the rest water. The bottle 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 lemon juice and water in the bottle. Define the variable used in the equation.

Part B: How many liters of lemon juice are present in the bottle? Show your work.

Question

Bruce has a bottle that contains 60% of lemon juice and the rest water. The bottle 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 lemon juice and water in the bottle. Define the variable used in the equation. 

Part B: How many liters of lemon juice are present in the bottle? Show your work.

mathmale · Answer

Lucaz:  I'd like to present an alternative perspective:  I believe that "1 liter' is the measure of the amount of water (ONLY) in the bottle, and that the bottle actually contains more than 1 liter total.  Does this make  sense to you?  If I'm right, how would you alter your approach to finding the total amount of liquid in the bottle?   Jesse, what are YOUR thoughts on this?

lucaz · Answer

oh my, sorry about that!

mathmale · Answer

Nothing to be sorry about.  Different interpretation.  What do you and Jesse think should be done next?

mathmale · Answer

Choose a variable to represent the total number of liters of liquid in the bottle.
What fraction/percent of that is water?  What is the measure of that amount of water?

lucaz · Answer

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