SOLUTION: A recipe for a rice dish calls for 14 oz of a rice mixture that is 30% wild rice and 6 oz of pure wild rice. What is the percent concentration of wild rice in the 20-ounce mixture?

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Question 503268: A recipe for a rice dish calls for 14 oz of a rice mixture that is 30% wild rice and 6 oz of pure wild rice. What is the percent concentration of wild rice in the 20-ounce mixture?
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+.3%2A14+=+4.2+ = oz. of wild rice in 30% mixture
fraction of wild rice = +%28+4.2+%2B+6+%29+%2F+20+
+10.2%2F20+=+.51+
+100%2A.51+=+51+
There is 51% wild rice in the 20 oz mixture