SOLUTION: One canned juice drink is 20% orange juice, another is 10% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 10L that is 17% orange juice.

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Question 433999: One canned juice drink is 20% orange juice, another is 10% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 10L that is 17% orange juice.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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percent ----------------quantity
Orange Juice I 20----------------x L
Orange Juice II 10 ----------------10-x L
Total 17.00% ----------------10 L

20x+10(10-x)=17 *10
20x+100-10x=170
20x-10x=170-100
10x=70
/10
x=7L 20.00%
10.00% 3L