SOLUTION: One canned juice drink is 20% orange juice; another is 10% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 10L that is 15% orange juice?
How many
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Question 885396: One canned juice drink is 20% orange juice; another is 10% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 10L that is 15% orange juice?
How many liters of the 20% orange juice should be in the mixture?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = liters of 20% juice drink needed
Let = liters of 10% juice drink needed = liters of juice in 20% juice drink = liters of juice in 10% juice drink
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(2)
(2)
Subtract (1) from (2)
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(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
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5 liters of 20% juice drink are needed
5 liters of 10% juice drink are needed
check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
