SOLUTION: Two gallons of milk contain 2% butterfat. How many quarts of milk should be drained and replaced by pure butterfat to produce a mixture of two gallons of milk containing 5% butter

Question 1019724: Two gallons of milk contain 2% butterfat. How many quarts of milk should be drained and replaced by pure butterfat to produce a mixture of two gallons of milk containing 5% butterfat? (Hint: there are 4 quarts in a gallon)
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Convert gallons to quarts:
quarts
Let = quarts of milk should be
drained and replaced by pure butterfat
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= pure butter fat in
quarts of milk
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= original quarts of butterfat
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Note that you start with 8 quarts and
end up with 8 quarts

.2449 quarts of milk must be drained and
replaced with pure butterfat
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check:
quarts of
butterfat is drained off
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quarts of butterfat is added
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Strange numbers -definitely get a 2nd opinion
-unless the answer is already known.
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