SOLUTION: One canned juice drink is 20% orange juice, another is 10% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 10L that is 17% orange juice.

Question 433999: One canned juice drink is 20% orange juice, another is 10% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 10L that is 17% orange juice.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
percent ----------------quantity
Orange Juice I 20----------------x L
Orange Juice II 10 ----------------10-x L
Total 17.00% ----------------10 L

20x+10(10-x)=17 *10
20x+100-10x=170
20x-10x=170-100
10x=70
/10
x=7L 20.00%
10.00% 3L
RELATED QUESTIONS
One canned juice drink is 30% is orange juice, another is 10% orange juice. How many... (answered by stanbon)

One canned juice drink is 20% orange juice and another is 10% orange juice. How many... (answered by nerdybill)

One canned juice drink is 20% orange juice; another is 10%... (answered by Alan3354,josgarithmetic,ikleyn)

One canned juice drink is 20% Orange juice; another 10% Orange juice. How many liters of... (answered by ccs2011)

one canned juice drink is 20% orange juice another is 5% orange juice. how many liters... (answered by stanbon,nerdybill)

One canned juice drink is 15% orange juice, another is 10% orange juice. How many liters... (answered by stanbon)

One canned juice drink is 25% orange juice;another is 10% orange juice. How many liters... (answered by josmiceli)

One canned juice drink is 25% orange juice, another one is 5% orange Juice. How many... (answered by josmiceli)

one canned juice drink is 20% orange juice; another is 5% orange juice. how many liters... (answered by josmiceli)