2020 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 1
Luka is making lemonade to sell at a school fundraiser. His recipe requires 
times as much water as sugar and twice as much sugar as lemon juice. He uses 
cups of lemon juice. How many cups of water does he need?
Solution
Luka will need 
cups of sugar and 
cups of water. The answer is 
.
Solution 2
LEt 
and 
represent the cups of water, sugar, and lemon juice Luka needs for his recipe. We are given that 
and 
. Since 
, it follows that 
, which in turn implies that 
\implies\boxed{\textbf{(E) }24}$.
~jmansuri
See also
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