SOLUTION: could you please help me with this problem? i tried it and got 60 pounds but it was wrong. "if a dairyman has 300 pounds of milk testing 3% butterfat, how many pounds of skimmed m

Question 118039: could you please help me with this problem? i tried it and got 60 pounds but it was wrong.
"if a dairyman has 300 pounds of milk testing 3% butterfat, how many pounds of skimmed milk (with no butterfat) must he remove to have milk testing 3.6% butterfat?"
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if a dairyman has 300 pounds of milk testing 3% butterfat, how many pounds of skimmed milk (with no butterfat) must he remove to have milk testing 3.6% butterfat?"
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Use this butterfat equation: let x = amt to be removed
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.03(300) = .036(300 - x)
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9 = 10.8 - .036x
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+.036x = 10.8 - 9
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.036x = 1.8
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x = 1.8/.036
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x = 50 lb to be removed
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Check in original equation
.03(300) = .036(300 - 50)
9 = .036(250)
9 = 9
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Hoped this helped & Merry Christmas!!

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