document.write( "Question 74474: I have tried this problem several times and keep seem to come up with the right formula:
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document.write( "If I want to make the perfect 12 oz cup of chocolate milk, it requires that the mixture is 42% Hershey's Syrup. What I have right now is 8oz of a milk/syrup mixture that I know contains 30% syrup. What must the syrup concentration be in the remaining mixture that I must add in order to achieve perfection? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #53584 by scott8148(6628)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Yum--chocolate--my favorite!\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "12 oz of chocolate milk at 42% syrup means 12 X .42 or 5.04 oz of syrup\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you currently have 8 oz at 30% or 2.4 oz of syrup\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you need to add 5.04-2.4 or 2.64 0z of syrup in another 4 oz of mixture\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "this would be 2.64/4 or a 66% mixture\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Happy sipping!! \n" ); document.write( " |