A punch recipe calls for 2 quart of ginger ale, 3 pints of orange juice,2 pints of pineapple juice, 1 cup of lemon juice, and 3 ounces of lime juice. How many fluids ounces will there be in a double recipe of punch
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Answer:Step-by-step explanation:The first thing here is to convert all the quantities to ounce.One fluid ounce = 0.0625 pint of liquid0.312 liquid quart = 1 fluid ounce. 0.125 cups = 1 fluid ounceTherefore, the single recipe will contain the following in ounces2 quart of ginger ale will be 2× 0.312 = 6.4 fluid ounce3 pints of orange juice will be 3/0.0625 = 48 fluid ounces2 pints of pineapple juice will be 2/0.0625 = 32 ounces 1 cup of lemon juice will be 1/0.125 = 8 ounces3 ounces of lime juiceIn total, a single punch recipe will contain 6.4 + 48 + 32 + 8 + 3 = 97.4 ouncesA double recipe will contain 2 × 97.4 = 194.8 ounces