SOLUTION: Five grams of sugar are added to a 45 gram serving of a breakfast cereal that is is 10% sugar. What is the percent concentration in the resulting mixture?
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Question 203406: Five grams of sugar are added to a 45 gram serving of a breakfast cereal that is is 10% sugar. What is the percent concentration in the resulting mixture? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Five grams of sugar are added to a 45 gram serving of a breakfast cereal that
is is 10% sugar. What is the percent concentration in the resulting mixture?
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Let x = the decimal equiv of percent of sugar of the resulting mixture
.10(45) + 5 = x(45+5)
:
4.5 + 5 = 50x
:
9.5 = 50x
x =
x = .19 * 100 = 19% sugar concentration
