A restaurant had one type of milk that has 2% fat and another that has 7% fat how many quarts of each types does the restaurant need to make 40 quarts of a milk mixture that is 5% fat

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Kali Moss

Mathematics

4 November, 14:02

A restaurant had one type of milk that has 2% fat and another that has 7% fat how many quarts of each types does the restaurant need to make 40 quarts of a milk mixture that is 5% fat

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Ryland Hahn · Answer 1

40*5% = 2

0.07x+0.02y=2

x+y=40

7x+2y=200

2x+2y=80

5x=120

x = 24

7x+2y=200

7x+7y = 280

5y=80

y=16

A: 24gallons of 7%milk

16 gallons of 2% milk