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One canned juice drink is 15% apple juice; another is 5% apple juice. How manyliters of each should be mixed to get 10L that is 10% apple juice?

Sagot :

We have:

Let x = 15% apple juice

Let y = 5% apple juice

If you need 10% of 10L of apple juice or one liter of pure whole apple juice. This is:

[tex]x+y=10[/tex]

One canned juice drink is 15% apple juice; another is 5% apple juice. This can be expressed by:

[tex]0.15x+0.05y=1[/tex]

Then we solve the system of equations:

From equation 1

[tex]\begin{gathered} x+y-y=10-y \\ x=10-y \end{gathered}[/tex]

Substitute x in the second equation:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 0.15(10-y)+0.05y=1 \\ Simplify \\ 1.5-0.15y+0.05y=1 \\ 1.5-0.1y=1 \\ solve\text{ for y} \\ 1.5-0.1y+-1.5=1-1.5 \\ -0.1y=-0.5 \\ \frac{-0.1y}{-0.1}=\frac{-0.5}{-0.1} \\ y=5 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Next, substitute y in x:

[tex]x=10-5=5[/tex]

Answer: We need 5L of each apple juice.