document.write( "Question 565928: A wine company needs to blend a California wine with a 5% alcohol content and a french wine with a 9% alcohol content to obtain 200 gallons of wine with a 7% alcohol content. How many gallons of each kind of wine must be used? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #366031 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! ----------------- percent ----------------quantity \n" ); document.write( "Californian wine 5 ----------------x gallons \n" ); document.write( "French wine 9 ----------------200-x gallons \n" ); document.write( "Mixture 7.00% ----------------200 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "5x+9(200-x)=7*200 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "5x+1800 -9x=1400 \n" ); document.write( "5x-9x=1400-1800 \n" ); document.write( "-4x= -400 \n" ); document.write( "/ -4 \n" ); document.write( "x=100 gallons 5.00% Californian wine \n" ); document.write( "100 gallons 9.00% French wine \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |