SOLUTION: Two liters of juice cocktail are combined with 6 liters of a different juice cocktail to make 8 liters of juice cocktail containing 50% juice. If the 6 liters of juice cocktail con

Question 1192740: Two liters of juice cocktail are combined with 6 liters of a different juice cocktail to make 8 liters of juice cocktail containing 50% juice. If the 6 liters of juice cocktail contains 33% fruit juice, what percentage of fruit juice is the 2 liters of juice cocktail?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

concentration(dec.fraction)          volume            pure(as dec. fraction)
      p                                2                     2p
     .33                               6                     6*(0.33)
     .50                               8                      4

No doubt an "easier" way can be found, but this table lets set up
(remember, p here is as decimal fraction instead of percent.)
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