Question 1149432: If drink A contains 3% milk and drink B contains 84% milk. How much of each solution should be mixed in order to create 135 liters of a solution that contains 78% milk?
Found 3 solutions by josmiceli, ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source):
Answer by ikleyn(52790)  (Show Source):
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Let x be the volume of drink A and y be the volume of drink B.
Drink A contains 0.03*x liters of milk.
Drink B contains 0.84*y liters of milk.
The mixture has the volume of (x+y) liters.
The mixture contains 0.78*(x+y) liters of milk.
So you have this system of 2 equations in 2 unknowns
x + y = 135 liters (1)
0.03*x + 0.84*y = 0.78*135 (2)
Equation (2) says that the volume of the milk in the mixture is the sum of the milk volumes in ingredients.
From equation (1), express x = 135 - y and substitute it into equation (1). You will get
0.03*(135-y) + 0.84*y = 0.78*135.
From this equation, express y and calculate
y =  = 125.
ANSWER. 125 liters of the 84% drink should be nixed with (135-125) = 10 liters of the 3% drink.
CHECK. Calculate concentration of the mixture  = 0.78 = 78%. ! Precisely correct !
Solved.
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Answer by greenestamps(13200)  (Show Source):
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Try this as an alternative to the standard algebraic process for solving "mixture" problems, as shown in the other two responses you have received.
If you understand this method (and an algebraic solution is not required) it will get you to the answer much faster and with much less work.
(1) You are mixing 3% milk and 84% milk ingredients to get a mixture that is 78% milk.
(2) 78% is 25/27 of the way from 3% to 84%. (Look at the three numbers on a number line -- 3, 78, and 84. 3 to 78 is 75; 3 to 84 is 81; 75/81 = 25/27.
(3) That means 25/27 of the mixture is the higher percent ingredient.
ANSWER: 25/27 of the 135 liters = 125 liters of the 84% ingredient; 2/27 of 135 liters = 10 liters of the 3% ingredient.
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