SOLUTION: A bottle of fruit juice contains 10% water. How much water must be added to this to produce 7 L of
fruit juice that is 55% water?
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Question 687757: A bottle of fruit juice contains 10% water. How much water must be added to this to produce 7 L of
fruit juice that is 55% water?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In liters of juice that contains 55% water, there is
liters of water
Let = liters of water to be added
= liters of juice before adding water
= liters of water at the beginning
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( liters of water you end up with ) / ( liters of juice you end up with ) = .55
3.5 liters of water need to be added
check:
= liters of water at the beginning
liters
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In liters of juice that contains 55% water, there is
liters of water
( liters of water you end up with ) - ( liters of water started with ) = ( liters of water to be added )
liters of water added
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