SOLUTION: If you have 8 cups of milk at 1% butter fat and want to add milk that is 4% butter fat so the whole mixture is 2% butter fat how many cups would you need to add?
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Question 758500: If you have 8 cups of milk at 1% butter fat and want to add milk that is 4% butter fat so the whole mixture is 2% butter fat how many cups would you need to add?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, tommyt3rd:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = cups of 4% milk to be added
cups of butterfat in 1% milk
= cups of butterfat in 4% milk to be added
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4 cups of 4% milk need to be added
check:
OK
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8(0.01)+0.04x=0.02(x+8)
m100: 8(0.01)+0.04x=0.02(x+8)
8+4x=2(x+8)
8+4x=2x+16
4x-2x=16-8
2x=8
x=4
Add 4 cups
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