SOLUTION: Ziggy's Famous Yogurt blends regular yogurt that is 3% fat with its no-fat yogurt to obtain low-fat yogurt that is 1% fat. How many pounds of regular yogurt and how many pounds of

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: Ziggy's Famous Yogurt blends regular yogurt that is 3% fat with its no-fat yogurt to obtain low-fat yogurt that is 1% fat. How many pounds of regular yogurt and how many pounds of no-fat yogurt should be mixed to obtain 60 pounds of low-fat yogurt?
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let x and y be the amount of 3% fat and 0% fat yogurt, respectively
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x+y=60.......eq 1
.03x+0(y)=.01(60)
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.03x=.6
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highlight%28x=20%29pounds of 3% fat yogurt
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highlight%28y=60-20=40%29pounds of 0% fat yogurt