Addison is mixing hummingbird food to fill her feeders. Ideally, the hummingbird food should contain 25% sugar. Addison remembers that she has 8 ounces of leftover hummingbird food that contains 35% sugar. She decides to mix some diluted food to add to the leftover food. If the diluted food contains 10% sugar, how much should she add to the food with 35% sugar to get the ideal hummingbird food with 25% sugar?
a.What equation is used to solve this problem?

Question

Addison is mixing hummingbird food to fill her feeders. Ideally, the hummingbird food should contain 25% sugar. Addison remembers that she has 8 ounces of leftover hummingbird food that contains 35% sugar. She decides to mix some diluted food to add to the leftover food. If the diluted food contains 10% sugar, how much should she add to the food with 35% sugar to get the ideal hummingbird food with 25% sugar?
 a.What equation is used to solve this problem?

anonymous · Answer

b.Identify the given information. How can you represent each food mixture with an expression? What amount will you represent with a variable?
c.Enter the given information into the equation.
d.Solve the equation.
e.State the solution.