SOLUTION: A liter of orange fruit drink contains 22% orange juice. How many millimeters of orange juice must be added to produce a mixture containing 50% orange juice?

Question 423336: A liter of orange fruit drink contains 22% orange juice. How many millimeters of orange juice must be added to produce a mixture containing 50% orange juice?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
percent ---------------- quantity
drink 12 ---------------- 1000
juice 100 ---------------- x
Total 50 ---------------- 1000+x
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12*1000+ 100*x=50 (1000+x)
12000+100x=50000 +50x
100x-50x =50000-12000
50x=38000
/50
x=760 ml

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