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?

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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