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A health food store sells seasoning blends in bulk. One blend contains 20% bas
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Question 226868: I am trying to help my son with homework, but we have no example to go by. Here is the question:
A health food store sells seasoning blends in bulk. One blend contains 20% basil. Sheila wants to add pure basil to some 20% blend to make 16 ounces of her own 30% blend. Let b reperesent the amount of basil Sheila should add to the 20% blend.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A health food store sells seasoning blends in bulk.
One blend contains 20% basil. Sheila wants to add pure basil to some 20% blend to make 16 ounces of her own 30% blend.
Let b represent the amount of basil Sheila should add to the 20% blend.
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Let b = amt of pure basil (as it says)
The resulting amt is to be 16 oz, therefore
(16-b) = amt of 20% basil to be used
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Write a mixture equation using decimal equiv of percent;
.20(16-b) + 1b = .30(16)
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3.2 - .2b + 1b = 4.8
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.2b + 1b = 4.8 - 3.2
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.8b = 1.6
b =
b = 2 oz of pure basil required
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Check this
.2(14) + 2 = .3(16)
2.8 + 2 = 4.8
