SOLUTION: A candy distributor needs to mix a 20% fat-content chocolate with a 40% fat-content chocolate to create 100 kilograms of a 34% fat-content chocolate. How many kilograms of each kin

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Question 1171937: A candy distributor needs to mix a 20% fat-content chocolate with a 40% fat-content chocolate to create 100 kilograms of a 34% fat-content chocolate. How many kilograms of each kind of chocolate must they use?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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y kilograms of the 40%
100-y of the 20%

40y%2B20%28100-y%29=34%2A100
multiply both sides by 1%2F20;
2y%2B100-y=34%2A5
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