SOLUTION: A chocolate drink is 9% pure chocolate by volume. If 11 litres of pure milk are added to 21 litres of this drink, the percent of chocolate in the new drink is approximately

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Question 720872: A chocolate drink is 9% pure chocolate by volume. If 11 litres of pure milk are added to 21 litres of this drink, the percent of chocolate in the new drink is approximately
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Starting concentration is 9% chocolate, p.
Amount of starting milk at 9% chocolate, b.
Amount of milk alone to add, m.

Concentration of chocolate in mixture to be made:+b%2Ap%2F%28b%2Bm%29= ?

This is simple dilution.