SOLUTION: Oscar is perfecting his snow cone syrup to use at this year's county fair. He has 6 gallons of 40% syrup left over from last year. The goal is to make 53% syrup. How many gallons o

Question 989283: Oscar is perfecting his snow cone syrup to use at this year's county fair. He has 6 gallons of 40% syrup left over from last year. The goal is to make 53% syrup. How many gallons of pure syrup should he add to the 6 gallons in order to make his goal? Enter only the numeric portion of your answer, to the nearest hundredth
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
gallons of pure syrup in
6 gallons of 40% syrup
Let = gallons of pure syrup to be added
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1.66 gallons of pure syrup should be added
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check:

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