Question

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

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

Answer 1

y=4x.

Answer 2

think about it. 80 percent is 4 times 20 percent.

Answer 3

ok

Answer 4

4*1=4 (part 2)

Answer 5

following u

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

what??

Answer 8

plz help @Plasmataco

Answer 9

what the heck does \(y=4x\) mean in this context?

Answer 10

i dont know?

Answer 11

me neither

Answer 12

lets go slow, read the question carefully, name a variable, and see if we can come up with an equation that solves what we are looking for

Answer 13

ok

Answer 14

oh. Well, picture it in your head. If 80% is OJ, how much percent is water?

Answer 15

20??

Answer 16

the question asks,
"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"

Answer 17

ok.

Answer 18

so isn't there 4 times more OJ than water?

Answer 19

we actually know the liters of water in the can, it is 1 as you are told that
so what we need to find is the number of liters of orange juice in the can

Answer 20

so if there is one liter of water, there should be 4 time more in OJ

Answer 21

now as @Plasmataco said, after he wrote that nonsense about \(y=4x\) which has nothing to do with this, there is in fact 4 times more oj than water, so since there is one liter of water there must be 4 liters of ok, the total being 5 liters
lets still come up with an equation that we can solve

Answer 22

1*4=4

Answer 23

and woah! don't attack me. I wuz tryin halp.

Answer 24

if we put say \(x\) as the number of liters of OJ, then we know two things
first we know \(x+1\) is the total number of liters of mix, and we know that \(80\%\) of it is OK, so we know
\[0.8\times (x+1)=x\]

Answer 25

if you solve that equation in ONE variable (which we have defined as \(x=\) the number of liters of OJ
we will get \(x=4\)

Answer 26

...

Answer 27

1*4

Answer 28

whatevs, we're both right.

Answer 29

XD

Answer 30

so confused omg

Answer 31

just... 4 liters of orange juice and 0.8*(x+1)=x

Answer 32

ok? so .8 times (x plus one) equals x?

Answer 33

or... if you want to take it really simple, X=4*1. You should probably use the other one. XD

Answer 34

thx

Answer 35

no problem

Answer 36

^^ @pooja195 but the question asks for an equation that gives me the total liters, oj+water in the can, so would x=.8x(t+1) be right, if t=oj and x=total amount?

Answer 37

@Hero ??

Answer 38

pleease? @Hero ? can u suggest any1 to help?

Answer 39

no... well, i just dont know if he got the message of the question :( read my last comment... @Hero

Answer 40

and not anymore

Answer 41

@nincompoop