SOLUTION: If you have 14% milk fat ice cream base and 10% milk fat ice cream base, what combination amounts of the two would make 1000 ml of 12% ice cream base?

Question 448038: If you have 14% milk fat ice cream base and 10% milk fat ice cream base, what combination amounts of the two would make 1000 ml of 12% ice cream base?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you have 14% milk fat ice cream base and 10% milk fat ice cream base, what combination amounts of the two would make 1000 ml of 12% ice cream base?
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Equation:
fat + fat = fat
0.14x + 0.10(1000-x) = 0.12*1000
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Multiply thru by 100 to get:
14x + 10*1000-10x = 12*1000
4x = 2*1000
x = 500 ml (amt. of 14% solution needed)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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