Question

A recipe for punch says to use 1 1/6 cups of lemonade for each cup of ginger ale. If you use 1 2/5 cups of ginger ale.

How much lemonade should you use?

Do I still multiply or do I divide? Not sure

Answer 1

in the begining you have the ratio
7/6 : 1 ( 7/6 lemonade to 1 ginger)
x : 1 2/5 or x: 7/5

Answer 2

if you multiply the 7/6 with 7/5 you will get the right amount for lemonade

Answer 3

I got 1 19/30...Not sure if that's correct

Answer 4

I think your answer is:
\[\left( 1+\frac{ 1 }{ 6 } \right)*\frac{ 5 }{ 7 }=\frac{ 7 }{ 6 }*\frac{ 5 }{ 7 }=\frac{ 5 }{ 6 }\]

Answer 5

because you have to multiply (1 1/6) times the inverse of (1 2/5)

Answer 6

ok, thank you!

Answer 7

thank you!