A solution containing 30 percent juice is mixed with a solution containing 10 percent juice to make 100 gallons of a 12 percent juice mixture. how much of the 30 percent juice solution was used

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Skylar Bradford

23 February, 01:35

A solution containing 30 percent juice is mixed with a solution containing 10 percent juice to make 100 gallons of a 12 percent juice mixture. how much of the 30 percent juice solution was used

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Kelly Weeks · Answer 1

Let there be x gallons of 30 percent juice, then there are (100-x) gallons of 12 percent juice.

0.30x+0.10 (100-x) = 100*0.12

0.3x+10-0.1x=12

0.2x=2

x=10

10 gallons of 30 percent juice should be used.