Thread: Algebra

i need som help on this one Perdent mixture problem...

Many fruit drinks are actually only 5% real fruit juice. If you let 2oz. of water evaporate frome 12oz. of a drink that is 5% fruit juice, what is the percent concentration of the result?

I've been have troubl with this one... Math Guru helped me... bu the only thing is that i dont know how they got a .95 in the problem...

thanks

Originally Posted by eah1010

i need som help on this one Perdent mixture problem...

Many fruit drinks are actually only 5% real fruit juice. If you let 2oz. of water evaporate frome 12oz. of a drink that is 5% fruit juice, what is the percent concentration of the result?

I've been have troubl with this one... Math Guru helped me... bu the only thing is that i dont know how they got a .95 in the problem...

thanks

You start with 12 oz. of the mixture with 5% fruit juice and 95% water. So find the numerical values of the fruit juice and the water. Now remove two ounces from the water value, and make the percentages from there.

Jameson

Thank you so much understand now!!