Problema Solution

Find how many quarts of 4% butterfat milk and 1% butterfat milk should be mixed to yield 60 quarts of 2% butterfat milk.

Answer provided by our tutors

0.04x + 0.01y = 60*0.02

x + y = 60

 

solving we get

 

20 quarts of 4%

and 40 quarts of 1%