SOLUTION: A beverage producer makes two products, Orange Drink, containing 10% orange juice, and Orange Delight, containing 50% orange juice. How many gallons of Orange Delight must be mixe

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Question 1005304: A beverage producer makes two products, Orange Drink, containing 10% orange juice, and Orange Delight, containing 50% orange juice. How many gallons of Orange Delight must be mixed with 300 gallons of Orange Drink to create a new product containing 40% orange juice?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is the way it works using a similar example. Use the same method:

two-part mixture using just one variable

x, how much of Delight
300-x, how much Drink

Amount of new Orange Drink, 300 gallons
Amount of orange juice, (0.50)(x)+(0.10)x
WANTED 0.40 Fraction As Orange Juice

Answer by ikleyn(52794) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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See the lesson  Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions  in this site where a similar problem was solved  (Problem 2).

Read it attentively and then solve your problem by substituting your data.