SOLUTION: Minyong, a newly hired bartender in a restaurant, prepares a drink to be served at the party. He mixes lemon juice and tequila for his 2 liters of mixture of mint lemonade. This mi

Question 1045302: Minyong, a newly hired bartender in a restaurant, prepares a drink to be served at the party. He mixes lemon juice and tequila for his 2 liters of mixture of mint lemonade. This mixture is 32 parts lemon juice and 1 part tequila. How much lemon juice must be added to bring the mixture to 40 parts lemon juice and 1 part tequila?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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2 liters of typical mixture is 33 parts total. This is a key fact being used here.

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