SOLUTION: 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?

SOLUTION: 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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Question 476498: 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 jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
300x.03=9
p x .036=9
p=9/.036=250
300-250=50 pounds of skimmed milk needs to be removed..
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