SOLUTION: a dairy owner mixes 5 gal of cream that is 30% butterfat and 8 gal of milk that is 4% butterfat. find the percent concentration of butterfat in the resulting mixture.
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Question 691863: a dairy owner mixes 5 gal of cream that is 30% butterfat and 8 gal of milk that is 4% butterfat. find the percent concentration of butterfat in the resulting mixture. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a dairy owner mixes 5 gal of cream that is 30% butterfat and 8 gal of milk that is 4% butterfat. find the percent concentration of butterfat in the resulting mixture.
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Equation:
fat + fat = fat
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0.30*5 + 0.04*8 = x*13
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1.5 + 0.32 = 13x
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13x = 1.82
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x = 14%
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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