SOLUTION: How much 5% maple syrup and water mixture must be added to 100% pure maple syrup to produce 5 quarts of syrup that is 10% maple syrup?

Question 441743: How much 5% maple syrup and water mixture must be added to 100% pure maple syrup to produce 5 quarts of syrup that is 10% maple syrup?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
percent ---------------- quantity
Maple syrup 5 ---------------- x 0 Quarts
Maple syrup 100----------------5-x Quarts
Total 10.00% ----------------5 Quarts

5x+100 (5-x)=10*5
5x+500-100x=50
5x-100x =50-500
-95 x= -450
/-95
x=4.74 quarts 5.00%

0.26 quarts 100.00%

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