Problema Solution
As an employee of a summer sports camp, one of your jobs is to prepare the tank of vitamin water for use throughout the day. The mixture calls for 75% pure water and 25% concentrated vitamin drink. How many gallons of water should you add to 16 gallons of concentrated vitamin drink?
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Let 'x' represent the total amount of the mixture.
It is given that 25% of x is 16 gallons and we need to find 75% of x.
0.25x = 16
x = 16/0.25
75% of x is 0.75*x and since x = 16/0.25 we have:
0.75*(16/0.25) = 48 gal of water
48 gallons of water should be added in the mixture.