Question 355138: How many gallons of milk containing 4% fat is mixed with milk containing 1% fat to obtain a 15 gallon mixture containing 2% fat? Found 2 solutions by mananth, ewatrrr:Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! milk containing 4% fat : let this quantity be x gallons
milk containing 1% fat: this will be 15-x gallons
Mixture 15 gallon containing 2% fat?
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0.04x+0.01(15-x)=15*0.02
0.04x+0.15-0.01x=0.3
0.03x=0.3-0.25
0.03x=0.15
x= 0.15/0.03
x= 5 gallons of 4% fat
m.ananth@hotmail.ca
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi,
Let x be the total amount of the 4% milk. The (15-x) would be the eamount of the 1% Milk
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question states**
.04x + .01(15-x) = .02*15gal
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simplify and solve
.04x - .01x + .01*15 = .02*15gal
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.03x = .01*15gal
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x = .15/.03
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x = 5 gal
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check your answer
.04*5 + .01*10 = .2 + .1 = .3 = .02*15
