Lisa will make punch that is 25% fruit juice by adding pure fruit juice to a 2-liter mixture that is 10% pure fruit juice. How many liters of pure fruit juice does she need to add?
1 Answer
Explanation:
We're asked to find the volume (in liters) of
To do this, we can use the following relationship:
C_"final"V_"final" = C_"pure"V_"pure" + C_(25%)V_(25%)
where
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C_"final" andV_"final" are the concentration and volume of the final solution. We're given that the final concentration must be25% . -
C_"pure" andV_"pure" are the concentration and volume of the pure solution. We'll say that a pure solution has a concentration of1 . -
C_(25%) andV_(25%) are the concentration and volume of the25% solution. We're given both of these quantities as0.10 and2 "L" respectively.
Plugging in all known values, we have
0.25(V_"final") = 1(V_"pure") + 0.10(2color(white)(l)"L")
Volumes here are going to be additive; that is, the final volume will be the sum of the volumes of the two components:
V_"final" = V_"pure" + 2color(white)(l)"L"
We'll now plug this into the equation for
0.25(V_"pure" + 2color(white)(l)"L") = V_"pure" + 0.10(2color(white)(l)"L")
Now, we just solve for the necessary volume,
0.25(V_"pure") + 0.5color(white)(l)"L" = V_"pure" + 0.2color(white)(l)"L"
0.25(V_"pure") + 0.3color(white)(l)"L" = V_"pure"
Divide all terms by
0.25 + (0.3color(white)(l)"L")/(V_"pure") = 1
(0.3color(white)(l)"L")/(V_"pure") = 0.75
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