I need help with writing an equation. Some help plz!

Harry has a jar that contains 75% of apple 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 apple juice and water in the jar. Define the variable used in the equation.

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I need help with writing an equation. Some help plz!

Harry has a jar that contains 75% of apple 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 apple juice and water in the jar. Define the variable used in the equation.

anonymous · Answer

that's the equation? So there is 0.75 liters of apple juice? Not 3 Liters?

anonymous · Answer

@iambatman @nincompoop @Loser66 @arabpride @Zarkon I need help with understanding and writing the equation.

anonymous · Answer

oh i read the problem incorrectly sorry

anonymous · Answer

lol

anonymous · Answer

it is 75% apple juice and therefore 25% water right?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

you don't now how many liters you have, so lets call that $x$ for number of liters
you know that 25% of $x$ is $1$ liter
so you can say 
$$.25x=1$$

anonymous · Answer

that would make x = 4

anonymous · Answer

in other words, 1 is one fourth of the total
solve via 
$$x=1\div .25$$ or even 
$$x=1\div \frac{1}{4}=1\times 4=4$$

anonymous · Answer

right

anonymous · Answer

so the final equation is 0.25x = 1, correct?