SOLUTION: The owner of a fruit stand combined cranberry juice that cost $5.60 per gallon with 50 gal of apple juice that cost $4.24 per gallon. How much cranberry juice was used to make the

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Question 722476: The owner of a fruit stand combined cranberry juice that cost $5.60 per gallon with 50 gal of apple juice that cost $4.24 per gallon. How much cranberry juice was used to make the cranapple juice if the mixture cost $5.00 per gallon?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use v = gallons of cranberry juice to use

The money: 50%2A4.24%2Bv%2A5.60 dollars

The volume: v%2B50 gallons

You want the ratio of money to volume to be 5.00 and the only unknown is v. Solve for v.