Problema Solution
one canned orange juice is 20% orange jusice another is 5% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 15L of the solution that is 8% orange juice?
Answer provided by our tutors
ler 20% orange juice be X litre
20% of x + 5%of (15-x) = 8% of 15
20x + 75 - 8x = 120
12x = 45
x = 45/12 = 3.75
hence 20% juice = 3.75 and 5% juice = 11.75 litres