SOLUTION: One canned juice drink is 25​% orange​ juice; another is 5​% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 20L that is 10% orange

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Question 1025737: One canned juice drink is 25​% orange​ juice; another is 5​% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 20L that is 10% orange​ juice?
Answer by FrankM(1040)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Single variable method -
X is the amount of 25% juice
20-X is the 5% juice
25X+5(20-X)=10*20
25X+100-5X=200
20X=100
X=5
20-X=15
5L of the 25% contains 1.25L juice
15L of 5% contains .75L juice
total 20 L containing 2.00L juice

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