SOLUTION: Adam has two kinds of fruit punch left over from a party. He mixes 5 liters of fruit punch A with 10 liters of fruit punch B to create fruit punch C. Fruit punch A contains 25% ora

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Question 1132940: Adam has two kinds of fruit punch left over from a party. He mixes 5 liters of fruit punch A with 10 liters of fruit punch B to create fruit punch C. Fruit punch A contains 25% orange juice and the resulting fruit punch C contains 35% orange juice.

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B, the percent concentration of fruit punch B

25%2A5%2BB%2A10=35%2A%285%2B10%29

10B=35%285%2B10%29-25%2A5

B=%2835%2815%29-25%2A5%29%2F10
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