SOLUTION: The TV chef was mixing a 5 ounce sauce containing 50% tangy mustard with another sauce containng 75% tangy mustard to get a sauce containing 70% tangy mustard. How many ounces of

Question 1158917: The TV chef was mixing a 5 ounce sauce containing 50% tangy mustard with another sauce containng 75% tangy mustard to get a sauce containing 70% tangy mustard. How many ounces of the 75% tangy mustard sauce must the chef have used?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5 oz*.50 tangy =2.50 oz-tangy
add x oz of 0.75 tangy or +0.75x
final is (5+x)*0.7=3.5+0.7x
so 2.50+0.75x=3.5+0.7x
0.05x=1
x=20 oz of 75% tangy ANSWER

start with 5 ounces or 2.5 o-t
add to that 20 ounces or 15 o-t
end up with 25 oz of 0.7 or 17.5 o-t so this checks
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