You use a juice mix to make orange juice. You combine 12 ounces of the mix with 36 ounces of water. What is a unit rate that describes your juice?
12 ounces of water per ounce of juice mix
3 ounces of water per ounce of juice mix
1/3 ounce of water per ounce of juice mix
36 ounces of water per ounce of juice mix
You use a juice mix to make orange juice. You combine 12 ounces of the mix with 36 ounces of water. What is a unit rate that describes your juice?
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To find the unit rate that describes your juice, you need to determine how much water you use per ounce of juice mix. You have 36 ounces of water and 12 ounces of juice mix.
To calculate the unit rate, divide the amount of water by the amount of juice mix:
[
text{Unit Rate} = frac{36 text{ ounces of water}}{12 text{ ounces of juice mix}} = 3 text{ ounces of water per ounce of juice mix}
]
Therefore, the correct answer is 3 ounces of water per ounce of juice mix.