SOLUTION: Two gallons of milk contain 2% butterfat. How many quarts of milk should be drained and replaced by pure butterfat to produce a mixture of two gallons of milk containing 5% butter
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Question 1019724: Two gallons of milk contain 2% butterfat. How many quarts of milk should be drained and replaced by pure butterfat to produce a mixture of two gallons of milk containing 5% butterfat? (Hint: there are 4 quarts in a gallon) Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Convert gallons to quarts: quarts
Let = quarts of milk should be
drained and replaced by pure butterfat
------------------------------- = pure butter fat in
quarts of milk
-------------------------------- = original quarts of butterfat
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Note that you start with 8 quarts and
end up with 8 quarts
.2449 quarts of milk must be drained and
replaced with pure butterfat
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check: quarts of
butterfat is drained off
---------------------- quarts of butterfat is added
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Strange numbers -definitely get a 2nd opinion
-unless the answer is already known.
