SOLUTION: : one canned juice drink 30% orange juice, another is 10% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 20L that is 27% orange juice.

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Hi

30% orange juice, another is 10% orange juice

Mixing Algebraically

  .30x + .10(20L-x) = .27•20L  

            .20x = .17•20L 

               x = 17L of the 30%  and 3L of the 10%

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