SOLUTION: Maple syrup worth $6.00 a gallon and corn syrup worth .80 cents a gallon are used to make a mixture worth $2.36 a gallon. How many gallons of each kind of syrup are needed to make
Question 280121: Maple syrup worth $6.00 a gallon and corn syrup worth .80 cents a gallon are used to make a mixture worth $2.36 a gallon. How many gallons of each kind of syrup are needed to make 50 gallons of the mixture? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = galloons of maple syrup needed
Let = gallons of corn syrup needed
given: gal (in cents)
By substitution:
and, since
15 gallons of maple syrup and 35 gallons of corn syrup are needed
check:
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