document.write( "Question 901362: Sally has a recipe that calls for horseradish sauce that is 50% pure horseradish. at the grocery store she finds one horseradish sauce that is 10% pure horseradish and another that is 60% pure horseradish. how many teaspoons of each horseradish sauces should sally mix together to get 4 teaspoons of horseradish sauce that is 50% pure horseradish? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #546686 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! a+b=4, \n" ); document.write( "0.1*a+0.6*b=0.5*4 \n" ); document.write( "a=4-b \n" ); document.write( "0.1*(4-b)+0.6*b=2 \n" ); document.write( "0.4-0.1b+0.6*b=2 \n" ); document.write( "0.5*b=1.6 \n" ); document.write( "b=3.2 \n" ); document.write( "a=4-b \n" ); document.write( "a=0.8 tsp at 10% b=3.2 tsp at 60% \n" ); document.write( "check \n" ); document.write( "0.1*0.8+0.6*3.2=0.5*4 \n" ); document.write( "0.08+1.92=2 \n" ); document.write( "2.0=2 \n" ); document.write( "ok \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |