Question

kevin wants to make a mixture that is 50% lemon juice and 50% lime juice how much 100% lesson juice should he add to a juice mixture that is 40% lemon juice and 60%lime juice to make 6 gallons of the 50% lemon 50%lime juice mixture

Answer 1

Answer:

Kevin must add 1.2 gallons of 100% lemon juice to make a mixture of 50% lemon and 50% lime.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Kevin wants to make a mixture that is 50% lemon juice and 50% lime juice. 100% lesson juice should he add to a juice mixture that is 40% lemon juice and 60% lime juice to make 6 gallons of the 50% lemon 50% lime juice mixture.

To find : How much 100% lesson juice should he add to a juice mixture.

Solution :

According to question, we wants to make mixture where lemon = lime

We have to make 6 gallons, where

40% lemon juice require to make 6 gallon

i.e,  $40\% \text{ of } 6= 0.4 \times 60=2.4$

and 60% lime juice require to make 6 gallon

i.e,  $60\% \text{ of } 6= 0.6 \times 60=3.6$

Now, to make them equal subtract both of them

$\Rightarrow 3.6-2.4=1.2$

Therefore, he must add 1.2 gallons of 100% lemon juice to make a mixture of 50% lemon and 50% lime.

Answer 2

He should add exactly 1 gallon of lemon juice..

No more, No less