SOLUTION: A candy distributor needs to mix a 10% fat-content chocolate with a 40% fat-content chocolate to create 100 kilograms of a 16% fat-content chocolate. How many kilograms of each kin

SOLUTION: A candy distributor needs to mix a 10% fat-content chocolate with a 40% fat-content chocolate to create 100 kilograms of a 16% fat-content chocolate. How many kilograms of each kin

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Question 869293: A candy distributor needs to mix a 10% fat-content chocolate with a 40% fat-content chocolate to create 100 kilograms of a 16% fat-content chocolate. How many kilograms of each kind of chocolate must they use?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a common mixture question type. All explained here:

Mixing two concentrations for known amount of mixture
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