document.write( "Question 390979: Miss Baker is preparing chocolate icing for a cake. She has semi-sweet chocolate chips(25% cocoa) and baker's chocolate(65% cocoa), which she will combine to get a 16 oz. mixture of 50% cocoa. How many ounces of each type of chocolate will she use? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "she will combine to get a 16 oz. mixtur       
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document.write( "Let x and (16oz-x) represent the 65% and 25% types respecrtively
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document.write( "combining to form the 50%  mixture
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document.write( " .65x + .25(16oz-x) = .50*16oz
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document.write( "      .40x = .25/16oz
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document.write( "         x = .25*16oz/.40
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document.write( "         x = 10oz,  the amount of the 65% type.  6oz of the 25% type  (16-6)\r
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document.write( "  .65*10oz + .25*6oz =  6.5oz + 1.5oz = .50*16oz = 8oz \n" );
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