Problem: 24 oz of juice p and 25 oz of juice t are mixed to make smothies x and y . the ratio of p to t in smothie x is 4 is to 1 and that in y is 1 is to 5 . how many ounces of juice p are contained in the smothie x ?
Rationale: easy way to solve this question is start from the answer and then conform the information provided in the question . we can start from option d i . e 20 . . . as a quantity of juice p in x because it is the only one option that gets divided by 4 is 20 . . . since in the x the juice p to t ratio is 4 : 1 this gives us that quantity of juice p in x = 20 therefore quantity of juice t will be 5 . . . hence ratio = 4 : 1 this will lead to quantity of juice p in x = 4 and quantity of juice t = 20 . . . hence ratio 1 : 5 if we calculate total juice p = 24 and total of juice v = 25 it fits because totals are same as what mentioned in the question . . . thus ans is d
annotated_formula: subtract(24, divide(subtract(multiply(4, 25), 24), subtract(multiply(4, 5), 1)))