Question

Help please!



Maple syrup worth $6.00 a gallon and corn syrup worth .80 cents a gallon are used to make a mixture worth $2.36 a gallon. How many gallons of each kind of syrup are need to make 50 gallons of the mixture?

Answer 1

I'm not how to solve this one :/

Answer 2

@AloneS @Awolflover1 @Frozen15

Answer 3

here is what I did..

Maple syrup worth $6.00 a gallon and corn syrup worth .80 cents a gallon are used to make a mixture worth $2.36 a gallon. How many gallons of each kind of syrup are need to make 50 gallons of the mixture?
{maple syrup: gallons, corn syrup: gallons}

let quantity of maple syrup used be x gallons
corn syrup used will be 50-x gallons
6*x+0,8(50-x)= 2.36*50

6x+40-0.8x=118.00
5.2x=118-40
5,2x=74
x=74/5.2
x=14.2 gallons
35.8 gallons will be corn syrup.
So therefore , the amount of Corn Syrup is your answer you are looking for

Answer 4

Okay thank you! Each time it gets a little less confusing :P

Answer 5

your welcome haha , I did get this solution by "algebra.com" but I understood it and gave it to you for information of each step and such

Answer 6

Okay :)

Answer 7

if you need anymore help , tag me in a new post or pm me :)