SOLUTION: If you have 100kg of milk with 4% fat, how much 1% fat milk can I make?

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Question 744128: If you have 100kg of milk with 4% fat, how much 1% fat milk can I make?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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100 kg * (4/100) = amount of fat, in kg. units.

100%2A4%2F%28100%2Bw%29=1
w is the amount in kilograms of whatever you are adding to dilute the 4% fat milk. The amount of this 1% fat milk that can be made will be (100+w) kg.
Solve for w.