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A company decides to mix pinapple and orange soda to make a new drink. They have 450 liters of pinapple soda, which is 42% sugar. They mix it with 630 liters of orange soda. The new drink is 35% sugar.
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A company decides to mix pinapple and orange soda to make a new drink.

They have 450 liters of pinapple soda, which is 42% sugar.
They mix it with 630 liters of orange soda.
The new drink is 35% sugar.
What percentage of the orange soda is sugar?

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42% of 450 litres = 189 litres
450l+630l=1080l
189/1080x100=17.5
35-17.5=17.5
Orange soda has 17.5% sugar.
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