document.write( "Question 365368: to make low-fat cottage cheese, milk containing 4% butterfat is mixed with milk containing 1% butterfat to obtain 15 gallons of a mixture containg 2%butterfat. How many gallons of each type of milk should be used? \n" ); document.write( "

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to make low-fat cottage cheese, milk containing 4% butterfat is mixed with
\n" ); document.write( " milk containing 1% butterfat to obtain 15 gallons of a mixture containing 2%butterfat.
\n" ); document.write( "How many gallons of each type of milk should be used?
\n" ); document.write( "Let x = amt of 4% milk required
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "(15-x) = amt of 1% milk required
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\n" ); document.write( "A typical mixture equation:
\n" ); document.write( ".04x + .01(15-x) = .02(15)
\n" ); document.write( "solve for x \n" ); document.write( "

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