document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=5951>Question 5951</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many cu m of butterfat must be removed from 500 cu m of milk containing 10% butterfat to reduce its content to 4% butterfat? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How much milk we are having --  ?   500 cu m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And the percentage of butterfat is 10%  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "i:e butterfat = (10/100)*500 = 50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we want to remove some amount of butterfat so that the percentage of butterfat in the remaining liquid is 4%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOW   if we remove butterfat = x cu m      then the same quantity will be removed from the milk --  IS IT CLEAR\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have remaining quantity of buttefat = (50 - x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the remaining quantity of milk =  (500 - x)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is it clear\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can write the equation --\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(50 - x) = 4% of (500 - x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(50 - x) = 4/100 * (500 - x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(50 - x) = 1/25 * (500 - x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25*(50 - x) = (500 - x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25*50 - 25x = 500 - x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1250 - 25x = 500 -x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1250 - 500 = -x + 25x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "750 = 24 x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 x = 750<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x = 750/24 = 31.25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SO 31.25 cu m of butterfat is to be removed so that the content is 4% of the remaining liquid.\r<BR>\n" );
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