SOLUTION: A yogurt company blends regular yogurt that is 4% fat with its no-fat yogurt to obtain low-fat yogurt that is 1% fat. How many pounds of non-fat yogurt must be mixed to obtain 50 p
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Question 1116889: A yogurt company blends regular yogurt that is 4% fat with its no-fat yogurt to obtain low-fat yogurt that is 1% fat. How many pounds of non-fat yogurt must be mixed to obtain 50 pounds of low-fat yogurt? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of non-fat yogurt needed = pounds of regular 4% yogurt needed = pounds of fat in the 4% yogurt
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37.5 pounds of non-fat yogurt are needed
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check: pounds of 4% yogurt needed pounds of fat in 4% yogurt
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