mixture word prob: How much of a candy that is 10% buttersco

[helpme100]

I can't solve this problem:

How much of a candy that is 10% butterscotch should a clerk mix with 10kg of mix that is 32% butterscotch to make a mix that is 24% butterscotch?

 

[tkhunny]

Re: mixture word prob: How much of a candy that is 10% butte

I can't solve this problem:

How much of a candy that is 10% butterscotch should a clerk mix with 10kg of mix that is 32% butterscotch to make a mix that is 24% butterscotch?

You have three things to consider:

1) What we started with.
2) What we Added.
3) What we ended with.

1) + 2) = 3)

That's all there is to it.

1) 10 kg 32% Butterscotch
2) x kg of 10% Butterscotch
3) 10+x kg of 24% Butterscotch

32% * 10 kg + 10% * x kg = 24% * (10+x) kg