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Question 872614: One day at Coffee Town a customer asks for exactly 300 ml of coffee. To this 300 ml of coffee, the customer wants pure cream added until the cream represents 20% of the total volume of the drink (cream and coffee. Not just 20% of the 300 ml). How much pure cream should the barista add?
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One day at Coffee Town a customer asks for exactly 300 ml of coffee. To this 300 ml of coffee, the customer wants pure cream added until the cream represents 20% of the total volume of the drink (cream and coffee. Not just 20% of the 300 ml). How much pure cream should the barista add?
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let x=amt of cream barista should add to the coffee
100%x=20%(300+x)
x=60+0.2x
0.8x=60
x=75
amt of cream barista should add to the coffee=75 ml