SOLUTION: Five grams of sugar are added to a 40-gram serving of a breakfast cereal that is 10% sugar. What is the percent concentration of sugar in the resulting mixture?

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Question 879363: Five grams of sugar are added to a 40-gram serving of a breakfast cereal that is 10% sugar. What is the percent concentration of sugar in the resulting mixture?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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%28totalSugar%29%2F%28TotalMixture%29=FractionAsSugar

%285%2B40%2A%280.10%29%29%2F%285%2B40%29, the fraction of the mixture that is sugar.