SOLUTION: The owner of a fruit stand combined cranberry juice that cost $5.60 per gallon with 50 gal of apple juice that cost $4.24 per gallon. How much cranberry juice was used to make the

Question 722476: The owner of a fruit stand combined cranberry juice that cost $5.60 per gallon with 50 gal of apple juice that cost $4.24 per gallon. How much cranberry juice was used to make the cranapple juice if the mixture cost $5.00 per gallon?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use v = gallons of cranberry juice to use

The money: dollars

The volume: gallons

You want the ratio of money to volume to be 5.00 and the only unknown is v. Solve for v.
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