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A fruit punch that is 40% alcohol is mixed with a fruit punch that is 30% alcohol. How many gallons of each punch are used to make 5 gallons
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A fruit punch that is 40% alcohol is mixed with a fruit punch that is 30% alcohol. How many gallons of each punch are used to make 5 gallons
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A fruit punch that is 40% alcohol is mixed with a fruit punch that is 30% alcohol. How many gallons of each punch are used to make 5 gallons of punch that is 36% alcohol? Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Mixing two different punches to get a mixture of a given resulting quantity, needs two unknown variables.
m for gallons of 30% alcohol punch
n for gallons of 40% alcohol punch
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Solve for m and n.