document.write( "Question 791474: A candy distributor needs to mix a 10% fat-content chocolate with a 60% fat-content chocolate to create 200 kilograms of a 12.5% fat-content chocolate. How many kilograms of each kind of chocolate must they use?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #479620 by josgarithmetic(39617)\"\" \"About 
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This is a mixture problem. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "First, assign variables to everything:
\n" ); document.write( "H = 60% fat
\n" ); document.write( "T = 12.5% fat
\n" ); document.write( "L = 10% fat
\n" ); document.write( "M = 200 kilograms
\n" ); document.write( "u = unknown amount of the 10% fat candy
\n" ); document.write( "v = unknown amount of the 60% fat candy\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Form the equations to describe the system:
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28Lu%2BHv%29%2FM=T\" and \"u%2Bv=M\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve the system for u and v.
\n" ); document.write( "\"v=M-u\".
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute.
\n" ); document.write( "\"Lu%2BH%28M-u%29=MT\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"Lu%2BHM-Hu=MT\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"Lu-Hu%2BHM=MT\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28L-H%29u%2BHM=MT\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28L-H%29u=MT-MH\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"u=%28MT-MH%29%2F%28L-H%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28u=M%28T-H%29%2F%28L-H%29%29\" --------just watch the signs carefully.
\n" ); document.write( "And conclude for the other quantity, \"highlight%28v=M-M%28T-H%29%2F%28L-H%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now just substitute given values to find values of u and v.
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