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Question 1092936: Sally has a recipe that calls for horseradish sauce that is 65% pure horseradish. at the grocery store she finds one horseradish sauce that is 30% pure horseradish and another that is 80% pure horseradish. how many teaspoons of each horseradish sauces should sally mix together to get 6 teaspoons of horseradish sauce that is 65% pure horseradish? Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x, how much of 30%
6-x, how much of the 80%
6, volume of the mixture in teaspoons - want 65% strength mixture
Solve for x, and evaluate 6-x.
(unit of measure in teaspoons)
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