A container can hold 4 quarts of fruit juice and 4 quarts of water. How many quarts of water must be added to the container to create a mixture that is 3 parts fruit juice to 5 parts water by volume?	Choose the correct choice from the following choices:
A) 4/3  B) 5/3  C) 7/3  D) 8/3  E) 10/3
An alternate to the alligation method is the more direct/algebraic method:   Let x be the amount of water to be added.   New total amount of water = 4+x   Total amount of fruit juice = 4   New total = 4+4+x=8+x   Final ratio required (for water) = 5/(5+3)=5/8   Thus, (4+x)/(8+x) = 5/8 --&gt; solving for x you get x = 8/3.   8/3 is thus the correct answer.
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A container can hold 4 quarts of fruit juice and 4 quarts of water. How many quarts of water must be added to the container to create a mixture that is 3 parts fruit juice to 5 parts water by volume?