Problema Solution

One canned juice drink is 25% orange juice; another is 5% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 20L that is 14% orange juice?

Answer provided by our tutors

let 'x' represent the amount of 25% orange juice, then '20-x' represents the amount of 5% orange juice


the equation to represent the mixtures:

0.14(20) = 0.25x + 0.05(20-x)

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solve for 'x'

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x=9


20-9=11


9 liters of 25% orange juice should be mixed together with 11 liters of 5% orange juice in order to make 14% orange juice