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Drinking A Lot of OJ These Days

Drinking A Lot of OJ These Days

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How many gallons of a 70% orange juice must be mixed with 44 gallons of 20% orange juice to obtain a mixture that is 50% orange juice ?

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@joe-shmo said
How many gallons of a 70% orange juice must be mixed with 44 gallons of 20% orange juice to obtain a mixture that is 50% orange juice ?
No time at the moment, but is this just simultaneous equations?
Judging by your usual posts , I suspect not!!
The newspaper puzzle is rubbish again this week I'm afraid.
Just a next number in the sequence thing.
I can't be bothered with those

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@venda said
No time at the moment, but is this just simultaneous equations?
Just the one, I think. 0.70 x + 0.20 * 44 = 0.50 * (x + 44)

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@shallow-blue said
Just the one, I think. 0.70 x + 0.20 * 44 = 0.50 * (x + 44)
=66 gallons

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@venda said
=66 gallons
Correct!

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