Question

Milo 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 20% lemon juice and 80% lime juice to make 4 gallons of the 50% lemon/50% lime juice mixture?

A. 0.5 gallon

B. 1.5 gallons

C. 2 gallons

D. 2.5 gallons

Answer 1

its actually 1.5 but ok

Answer 2

The correct option is B.

Explanation:

It is given that Milo wants to make a mixture that is 50% lemon juice and 50% lime juice.

Milo has a juice mixture that is 20% lemon juice and 80% lime juice. Milo add a 100% lemon juice.

Let the 100% lemon juice added by milo be x.

In 4 gallon of mixture contains 50% lemon juice and 50% lime juice. It means 2 gallon lemon juice and 2 gallon lime juice.

If we add 100% lemon juice, then the quantity of lime juice will remains same.

80% of the fist mixture is 2 gallon.

20% of the first mixture is 0.5 gallon.

It means the first mature contains 2 gallon lime juice and 0.5 gallon lemon juice.

Milo will add 100% lemon juice

`2-0.5=1.5`

Therefore option B is correct.