Question

Yuri makes his own citrus vinaigrette salad dressing. He likes the dressing best if it contains 20% fruit juice. He has a bottle of dressing mixture that contains 50% juice and 3 cups of dressing that contains 10% juice. How much of the dressing mix with 50% juice should Yuri add to the dressing mix with 10% juice to get the dressing he prefers with 20% juice?

Answer 1

So it is looking for a fraction of how much 50% mix Yuri should add to the 10% juice?

Answer 2

That seems a bit strange.

Answer 3

what does

Answer 4

Adding 50% mix to the 10%. Because it states there are 3 cups of 10% juice.

Answer 5

i know... im bad enough with word problems and this one i cant seem to understand.....

Answer 6

0.3 + 0.5x
----------------- = 0.2
3 + x


Cross-multiply:

0.2(3 + x) = 0.3 + 0.5x

0.6 + 0.2x = 0.3 + 0.5x

0.3 = 0.3x

x = 1

So...Yuri should add 1 cup of the 50% juice dressing to the 3 cups of the 10% juice dressing. He will then have 4 cups of 20% juice dressing.

Source: Yahoo Answers

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Answer 8

Yahoo answers comes to the rescue, xD

Answer 9

lol...... yup thanks
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