SOLUTION: a dairy wishes to produce 225 gallons of a "low-fat" milk, which is 2% butterfat, by adding skim milk (no butterfat) to milk that is 3.6% butterfat. How much of each type of milk m
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Question 601764: a dairy wishes to produce 225 gallons of a "low-fat" milk, which is 2% butterfat, by adding skim milk (no butterfat) to milk that is 3.6% butterfat. How much of each type of milk must the dairy use? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = gallons of skim milk needed
Let = gallons of 3.6% butterfat gallons of butterfat in 2% milk
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100 gallons of skim milk is needed
125 gallons of 3.6% butterfat is needed
