SOLUTION: How much milk (3% butterfat content) was mixed with cream (27% butterfat) to produce 26 cups of Half-and-Half (11% butterfat content)? Let X be the amount of milk and Y be the amou
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Question 1024364: How much milk (3% butterfat content) was mixed with cream (27% butterfat) to produce 26 cups of Half-and-Half (11% butterfat content)? Let X be the amount of milk and Y be the amount of cream. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = cups of milk needed
Let = cups of cream needed
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and
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17 and 1/3 cups of milk are needed
8 and 2/3 cups of cream are needed
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check:
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OK
