In a fruit cocktail, for every 20 ml of orange juice you need 10 ml of apple juice and 15 ml of coconut milk. What proportion of the cocktail is orange juice?

Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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Digger

13 March, 19:34

In a fruit cocktail, for every 20 ml of orange juice you need 10 ml of apple juice and 15 ml of coconut milk. What proportion of the cocktail is orange juice?

Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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proportion of orange juice = 4/9

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

20 mL orange juice

10 mL apple juice

15 mL coconut milk

for a total of (20+10+15) = 45 mL of cocktail

Proportion of orange juice in cocktail

= 20/45

= 4/9

In a fruit cocktail, for every 20 ml of orange juice you need 10 ml of apple juice and 15 ml of coconut milk. What proportion of the cocktail is orange juice?Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

In a fruit cocktail, for every 20 ml of orange juice you need 10 ml of apple juice and 15 ml of coconut milk. What proportion of the cocktail is orange juice?

Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.