SOLUTION: Marcela mixed together 8L of Brand A fruit drink and 6L of Brand B fruit drink, which contains 40% fruit juice. Find the percent of fruit juice in Brand A if the mixture contained

Question 783761: Marcela mixed together 8L of Brand A fruit drink and 6L of Brand B fruit drink, which contains 40% fruit juice. Find the percent of fruit juice in Brand A if the mixture contained 20% fruit juice
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let p = percent fruit juice in Brand A.

-----Equation representing situation

Brand A is 5% fruit juice.

Steps can vary, yours do not need to be as unusual as the way I showed. Generally most important is to first create the equation which characterises the situation and then solve according to some good use of number properties.
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