Question 1200795: Chef Ramsey needs 500g of chocolate that is 86% cocoa for a truffle recipe. He has one kind of chocolate that is 99% cocoa and another that is 70% cocoa. How much of each kind of chocolate does he need for his recipe?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39628)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two Part Mixture Problem
M, how much mixture wanted, 500 grams
T, percentage of needed content wanted, 86%
H, percentage high concentrated available, 99%
L, percent low concentrated available, 70%
y, how much of the high concentration material to use, unknown
M-y, how much of low concentration material to use
Substitute your given values, evaluate y, and use it to evaluate  .
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