document.write( "Question 1096627: James made two glasses of chocolate milk. Glass A had 5% chocolate and Glass B had 10% chocolate. How many ounces of each do you need for a 50 ounce glass of 8% chocolate?
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\n" ); document.write( "Compare the percentages of the two ingredients (5% and 10%) to the percentage of the mixture (8%):

\n" ); document.write( " $\"10-8=2\"$ ; $\"8-5+=+3\"$

\n" ); document.write( "Those two differences , 2 and 3, mean the two ingredients must be mixed in the ratio 2:3. So to get 50 ounces of mixture, you need 20 ounces of one and 30 ounces of the other.

\n" ); document.write( "And since 8% is closer to 10% than it is to 5%, you need more of the 10% ingredient.

\n" ); document.write( "So 30 ounces of the 10% chocolate and 20 ounces of the 5% chocolate. \n" ); document.write( "

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