Maple syrup worth $6.00 a gallon and corn syrup worth. 80 cents a gallon are used to make a mixture worth $2.36 a gallon. How many gallons if each kind of syrup are needed to make 50 gallons of the mixture?

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Keaton Higgins

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15 September, 16:11

Maple syrup worth $6.00 a gallon and corn syrup worth. 80 cents a gallon are used to make a mixture worth $2.36 a gallon. How many gallons if each kind of syrup are needed to make 50 gallons of the mixture?

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Natalia Case · Answer 1

maple syrup = x

corn syrup = 50-x

6x + 0.8 (50-x) = 2.36*50

6x+40-0.8x=118

5,2x=78

x = 15 gallons of maple syrup

50-15 = 35 gallons of corn syrup