SOLUTION: You want 50 oz of dye that is 27% red. What you have on hand is a dye that is 10% red and another dye that is 65% red. How much of each would you use to get the desired mixture?
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Question 357764: You want 50 oz of dye that is 27% red. What you have on hand is a dye that is 10% red and another dye that is 65% red. How much of each would you use to get the desired mixture?
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Let A be the amount of 10% red and B the amount of 65% red.
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Multiply eq. 1 by (-10) and add to eq. 2, oz.
Then from eq. 1, oz.
