SOLUTION: One can juice drink is 20% orange juice, another juice is 5% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 15 liters of 12% orange juice? How many
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Question 1045733: One can juice drink is 20% orange juice, another juice is 5% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 15 liters of 12% orange juice? How many of 20% orange juice should be in the mixture?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mixing
.20x + .05(15-x) = .20(.15) In Liters
Solving
.15x = .12(15) - .05(15)
x = .07(15)/.15
x = 7 Liters, the amount of 20% orange juice in the mixture
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