Question

(Please help? I'm getting really confused on these...) Kevin wants to make a mixture that is 50% lemon juice and 50% lime juice.

How much 100% lemon juice should he add to a juice mixture that is 40% lemon juice and 60% lime juice to make 6 gallons of the 50% lemon/50% lime juice mixture?


0.5 gallon


1 gallon


2 gallons


2.5 gallons

Answer 1

x + 0.4[6-x] = 0.5*6 0.6x = 0.6 x = 1 gallon the answer is, "one gallon".