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11 April, 10:51

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?

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  1. 11 April, 11:19
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    To solve the problem we must establish 2 equations, to solve for the 2 unknown.

    let x be the amount of Maya's sugar syrup

    y be the amount of mix sugar syrup

    using overall mass balance

    x + 20 = y

    sugar balance

    0.5x + 20 (0.20) = 0.40y

    then solve the equation simultaneously

    x = 40 quarts of Maya's syrup should they use
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