Question

Maya has a lot of 50% sugar syrup. Genna has 20 quarts of a 20% sugar syrup. The girls want to use all Genna’s syrup and some of Maya’s syrup to make a 40% sugar syrup. How much of Maya’s syrup should they use?

Answer 1

40

Explanation:

1 ) write your equation

2 ) solve

3 ) answer

equation:

50%*X+20%*20=40%( 20+X ) Make sure you see the ➡️*⬅️!!!

solve:

50X+400=800+40X

-40X -40X

10X=400

answer:

40

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Answer 2

The answer is 40

Explanation:

First multiply all the pairs

50%*x+20%*20=40%(20+x)

50x+400=800+40x

subract 40x both sides and get

10x+400=800

subtract 400 both sides

10x=400

divide and get:

x=40