SOLUTION: A quart of vodka is 30% alcohol. Write a formula for the percentage of alcohol in a mixture of V quarts of vodka and J quarts of orange juice.

Question 261065: A quart of vodka is 30% alcohol. Write a formula for the percentage of alcohol in a mixture of V quarts of vodka and J quarts of orange juice.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20086) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A quart of vodka is 30% alcohol. Write a formula for the
percentage of alcohol in a mixture of V quarts of vodka
and J quarts of orange juice.

                         Thirty percent of V quarts of vodka
Percentage of alcohol = -----------------------------------  x 100&
                                 V + J quarts of liquid 


                   

is the percentage of alcohol in the screwdriver.

Edwin

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