SOLUTION: Becky Vallats is a plant engineer at Velda Farms Dairy Cooperative.She wishes to mix whole milk,which is 3.25% fat ,and skim milk,which has no fat,to obtain 260 gallons of a mixtur

Question 1136214: Becky Vallats is a plant engineer at Velda Farms Dairy Cooperative.She wishes to mix whole milk,which is 3.25% fat ,and skim milk,which has no fat,to obtain 260 gallons of a mixture of milk that contains 2% fat.How many gallons of whole milk and how many gallons of skim milk should Becky mix to obtain the desired mixture?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x of 3.25%
260-x of 0% (skim milk)

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