SOLUTION: A candy distributor needs to mix a 20% fat-content chocolate with a 40% fat-content chocolate to create 100 kilograms of a 34% fat-content chocolate. How many kilograms of each kin

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Question 1171937: A candy distributor needs to mix a 20% fat-content chocolate with a 40% fat-content chocolate to create 100 kilograms of a 34% fat-content chocolate. How many kilograms of each kind of chocolate must they use?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y kilograms of the 40%
100-y of the 20%


multiply both sides by ;

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