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Ann wants to mix a tomato sauce that is 17% sugar with a sauce that is 30% sugar to obtain 2.6 quarts of a tomato sauce that is 24% sugar. How much of each should she mix?

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Answer:

she should mix 1.2 quarts of sauce with 17% sugar with 1.4 quarts of sauce with 30% sugar

Explanation:

X= quarts of sauce # 1 ( 17% of sugar)

Y= quarts of sauce # 2( 30 % of sugar )

General Balance


X+Y=2.6 EQ (1)


Y=2.6-X\\

SUGAR BALANCE


0.17X+0.3Y=2.6*0.24\\ EQ (2)

replace Y from eq(1) into eq(2)


0.17X+0.3(2.6-X)=0.624\\0.17X+0.78-0.3X=0.624\\-0.13X=0.624-0.780\\X=(-0.156)/(-0.13) \\X= 1.2\\Y=2.6-1.2=1.4

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