Problema Solution

The Royal Fruit Company produces two types of fruit drinks. The first type is pure fruit juice, and the second type is pure fruit juice. The company is attempting to produce a fruit drink that contains pure fruit juice. How many pints of each of the two existing types of drink must be used to make pints of a mixture that is pure fruit juice?

First type?

Second type?

Answer provided by our tutors

let x=pints of 65% fruit juice to be mixed

500-x=pints of 85% fruit juice to be mixed

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65%x+85%(500-x)=80%(500)


 

.65x+425-.85x=400

.20x=25

x=25/.2=125

500-x=375

ans:

pints of 65% fruit juice to be mixed=125

pints of 85% fruit juice to be mixed=375