Beverages at the Store: 2000 milliliters of soda; 2.5 liters of apple juice; 1500 milliliters of fruit punch; and 2 liters of lemonade.
2. Mandy wants to buy a variety of beverages for her birthday party. She wants to make sure she has enough to drink for all her friends, so she decides to buy 10 liters of beverages. If she buys at least one container of each beverage, what combination of beverages can she buy to equal exactly 10 liters?
To make 10 liters, Mandy can buy:
- One container of soda (2000 milliliters = 2 liters)
- One container of apple juice (2.5 liters)
- Two containers of fruit punch (2 x 1500 milliliters = 3 liters)
- One container of lemonade (2 liters)
Adding these amounts together, she would have a total of 9.5 liters of beverages. To reach exactly 10 liters, she could either buy another container of apple juice (0.5 liters) or another container of soda (2 liters minus the 0.5 liters needed from the apple juice container, which equals 1.5 liters).
Therefore, Mandy could buy:
- One container of soda (2 liters)
- One container of apple juice (2.5 liters)
- Two containers of fruit punch (3 liters)
- One container of lemonade (2 liters)
- One additional container of soda (1.5 liters) OR one additional container of apple juice (0.5 liters)