Solve Problems with Ratios and Unit Rates - Quiz - Level F
4) A bottle of orange juice contains $750 mg$ of vitamin $C$ and has 6 servings. A bottle of cranberry juice contains $135 mg$ of vitamin C and has 1.5 servings. Mrs. Kahn wants to compare the amount of vitamin $C$ in the juices.
(1) How many milligrams of vitamin $C$ are in 1 serving of each type of juice? Complete the statement.
(1)) Orange juice has $125 mg$ of vitamin C per serving.
Cranberry juice has $90 mg$ of vitamin C per serving.
(1)) How does the amount of vitamin C in each type of juice compare? Complete the statement.
(1)) One serving of ? juice has ? mg more vitamin C per serving than one serving of ? juice.

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Orange juice has $125 - 90 = 35$ mg more vitamin C per serving than cranberry juice

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Step 1 ： $\frac{750 mg}{6 servings} = 125 mg / serving$ for orange juice

Step 2 ： $\frac{135 mg}{1.5 servings} = 90 mg / serving$ for cranberry juice

Step 3 ：Orange juice has $125 - 90 = 35$ mg more vitamin C per serving than cranberry juice