JimmyWorld wrote:
Three grades of milk are 1 percent, 2 percent and 3 percent fat by volume. If x gallons of the 1 percent grade, y gallons of the 2 percent grade, and z gallons of the 3 percent grade are mixed to give x+y+z gallons of a 1.5 percent grade, what is x in terms of y and z?
A. y + 3z
B. (y +z) / 4
C. 2y + 3z
D. 3y + z
E. 3y + 4.5z
x + 2y + 3z = 1.5(x+y+z)
x + 2y + 3z = 1.5x + 1.5y + 1.5z
x + 0.5y + 1.5z = 1.5x
0.5y + 1.5z = 0.5x
y + 3z = x
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