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Answer:
He needs 0.075 lbs of sugar and 4.925 lbs of water.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x lbs be the amount of sugar in the syrup. Then 5-x lbs is the amount of water in this syrup.
Note
5 lbs - 100%
x lbs - 1.5%
Write a proportion:
Cross multiply:
So, he needs 0.075 lbs of sugar and 5 - 0.075 = 4.925 lbs of water.