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Question 458653: I have a mixture problem that reads: A woman has made 6 quarts of an orange juice punch for a party. The punch contains 12% orange juice. She feels she may need more punch, but she has no more orange juice so she adds 1/2 quart of water to the punch. Find the percent of orange juice in the new mixture. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A woman has made 6 quarts of an orange juice punch for a party.
The punch contains 12% orange juice.
She feels she may need more punch, but she has no more orange juice so she adds 1/2 quart of water to the punch.
Find the percent of orange juice in the new mixture.
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Let x = the per cent of orange juice in the new mixture
:
12(6) = x(6+.5)
72 = 6.5x
x =
x = 11.077 percent orange juice now
