Molly is making strawberry infused water. For each ounce of strawberry juice, she uses two times as

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    Molly is making strawberry infused water. For each ounce of strawberry juice, she uses three times as many ounces of water as juice. How many ounces of strawberry juice and how many ounces of water does she need to make 40 ounces of strawberry infused water?

    Let j be the ounces of strawberry juice and w be the ounces of water. We're given:
    1. j + w = 40
    2. w = 3j
    Substitute (2) into (1):
    j + 3j = 40

    Combine like terms:
    4j = 40

    Typing this equation into our search engine, we get:
    j = 10

    From equation (2), we substitute j = 2:
    w = 3(10)
    w = 30

    This means we have 10 ounces of juice and 30 ounces of water for a 40 ounce mix.
     

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