SOLUTION: i don't know how to do this word problem: a wine company needs to blend a California wine with a 5% alcohol content and a french wine with a 9% alcohol content to obtain 200 gallo

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Question 835340: i don't know how to do this word problem: a wine company needs to blend a California wine with a 5% alcohol content and a french wine with a 9% alcohol content to obtain 200 gallons of wine with a 7% alcohol content. how many gallons of each kind of wine must be used?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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7 is the average of 9 & 5, so it's equal parts.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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You want the lesson, "Mixing two concentrations for known amount of mixture". Check my profile.