Thread: Cement Mixture

A 20 pound bag of cement mix has 25% cement and 75% sand. How much pure cement must be added to produce a cement mix that is 40% cement?

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Originally Posted by symmetry

A 20 pound bag of cement mix has 25% cement and 75% sand. How much pure cement must be added to produce a cement mix that is 40% cement?...

Hello,

I'll use decimal numbers instead of percents:

25% = 0.25
75% = 0.75
40% = 0.4

In the original bag are 20 * 0.25 = 5 pounds of pure cement.

Let x be the amount of pure cement which has to be added. Then you get the proportion:



Add 5 pounds of pure cement to this mixture and then it contains 40% of cement.

EB