document.write( "Question 1157584: A beverage manufacturer aims to mix up an 840 gallons batch of a tomato juice blend that contains 26% juice. The manufacturer will be combining a 6% blend and a 31% blend to achieve this. How much of each type should the manufacturer combine to get the desired tomato juice blend? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "840 gallons batch of a tomato juice blend that contains 26% juice. The manufacturer will be combining a 6% blend and a 31% blend to achieve this.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "26 is closer to 31 than it is to 6. Most of the blend will be made with the 31% juice.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"31-6=25\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"31-26=5\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"840%2A%281%2F5%29=168\"---------gallons of the 6% tomato juice\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"840%2A%284%2F5%29=672\"--------gallons of the 31% juice\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "More generally, to make M amount of some concentration T percent mixture, starting from H % high concentration and L % low concentration,
\n" ); document.write( "let v be the amount of the H% material, and then M-v is amount of the L% material.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Hv%2BLM-Lv=MT\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Hv-Lv%2BLM=MT\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28H-L%29v=MT-LM\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28H-L%29v=M%28T-L%29\"\r
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