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Solving Mixture Problems

Question 10 • MO-Algebra I A

A restaurant freezes a cherry and lime juice mixture to create slushes. Cherry juice costs $5 per quart, and lime juice costs $3 per quart. Each day, the restaurant spends a total of $36 on 8 quarts of juice. The restaurant manager organizes the information in the table below.Which equation can be used to determine the amount of cherry juice in each mixture?

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Answer
A
5q + 3(8 – q) = 36
B
5q + 3(8 – q) = 8
C
q + (8 – q) = 8
D
q + 5 = 5q