SOLUTION: One thousand quarts of milk testing 4% butterfat are to be reduced to 3%. How many quarts of cream testing 23% butterfat must be separated from the milk to produce the required r

Question 667056: One thousand quarts of milk testing 4% butterfat are to be reduced to 3%.
How many quarts of cream testing 23% butterfat must be separated from the milk to produce the required result?
All percentage are by volume.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The butterfat in quarts is
quarts
Let = quarts of 23% butterfat to be removed
= quarts of butterfat removed
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50 quarts of 23% butterfat cream must be removed
check:

OK

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