SOLUTION: A dairy man wishes to prepare cream containing 5% butterfat. How much cream of 25% butterfat must be added to 50 kilos of cream approximately containing 4% butterfat?
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Question 826001: A dairy man wishes to prepare cream containing 5% butterfat. How much cream of 25% butterfat must be added to 50 kilos of cream approximately containing 4% butterfat? Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! L = 4%
T = 5%, target value
H = 25%
U = 50 kilograms
v = unknown, how much kilograms of the 25% fat to add to obtain T.
This is similar to a two part mixture problem but here, one material quantity is known and the other is unknown. You might want to look at and review the Two-Part Mixture lesson in my profile.
For your exercise the way the numbers have been generalized,
Solve for v.
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