SOLUTION: i don't know how to do this word problem: a wine company needs to blend a California wine with a 5% alcohol content and a french wine with a 9% alcohol content to obtain 200 gallo

Question 835340: i don't know how to do this word problem: a wine company needs to blend a California wine with a 5% alcohol content and a french wine with a 9% alcohol content to obtain 200 gallons of wine with a 7% alcohol content. how many gallons of each kind of wine must be used?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
7 is the average of 9 & 5, so it's equal parts.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You want the lesson, "Mixing two concentrations for known amount of mixture". Check my profile.
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