Question

A chef plans to mix 100% vinegar with Italian dressing. The Italian dressing contains 12%

Answer 1

Answer:

Amount of  vinegar. 100% : 20 milliliters

Amount of  Italian dressing: 140 milliliters

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's call A the amount of  vinegar. 100%

Let's call B the amount of  Italian dressing . 12% vinegar

The resulting mixture should have 23%  vinegar, and 160 milliliters.

Then we know that the total amount of mixture will be:

$A + B = 160$

Then the total amount of pure antifreeze in the mixture will be:

$A + 0.12B = 0.23 * 160$

$A + 0.12B = 36.8$

Then we have two equations and two unknowns so we solve the system of equations. Multiply the first equation by -1 and add it to the second equation:

$-A -B = -160$

$-A -B = -160$

               +

$A + 0.12B = 36.8$

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$-0.88B = -123.2$

$B = \frac{-123.2}{-0.88}$

$B = 140\ milliliters$

We substitute the value of B into one of the two equations and solve for A.

$A + 140 = 160$

$A = 20\ milliliters$