document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=909613>Question 909613</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is from the Glencoe Mathematics Algebra 1 Michigan edition book. Page 175 number 24. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How much whipping cream  and 2% milk should be mixed to obtain 35 gallons of milk with 4% butterfat? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2% milk has 2% butterfat<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Whipping cream has 9% butterfat </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " 2% milk has 2% butterfat<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Whipping cream has 9% butterfat<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "fat + fat = fat<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.09x + 0.02(35-x) = 0.04*35<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9x + 2*35 - 2x = 4*35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x = 2*35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10 gallons (amt. of whipping cream needed)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35-x = 25 gallons (amt. of 2% mild needed)<BR>\n" );
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