SOLUTION: A nontoxic floor wax can be made by combining lemon juice and food grade linseed oil. The amount of oil should be twice the amount of lemon juice. How much of each ingredient is ne
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Question 182828: A nontoxic floor wax can be made by combining lemon juice and food grade linseed oil. The amount of oil should be twice the amount of lemon juice. How much of each ingredient is needed in order to make 32oz of floor wax?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the amount of lemon juice and y be the amount of linseed oil
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y=2x.......eq 1
x+y=32.....eq 2
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take y's value from eq 1 and substitute it into eq 2
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x+2x=32
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3x=32
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