Question

MATH hw help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

leon made 4 liters of lemonade for the party, but it was too strong, it was 14% lemon juice. How much 8% lemonade should he add to make a mixture that is 10% lemon juice? can someone show me how to solve this using the table or bucket method? thanks

Answer 1

"Bucket method"
.. (4)*(14%) + (x)*(8%) = (4 +x)*(10%) . . . . . liters and % are in each "bucket"
.. 56 +8x = 40 +10x . . . . . multiply by 100, eliminate parentheses
.. 16 = 2x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . add -40-8x, then divide by 2
.. 8 = x

8 liters of 8% lemonade should be added to make the mixture 10% lemon juice.