Lee Ann Spahr wants to mix tea worth $2$ cents per oz with $100$ oz of tea
worth $5$ cents per oz to make a mixture worth $3$ cents per oz. How much $2$ cents tea should be used?
Step 1: Read the problem, we are asked to find the quantity of $2$ cents tea in the solution.
Step 2 : Assign the variable. Then organize the information in the table.
Let $x = $ quantity of $2$ cents tea.
$
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
& \text{Ounces of Tea} & \cdot & \text{Cost per Ounce} & = & \text{Total Cost} \\
\hline
2 \text{cents} & x & \cdot & 0.02 & = & 0.02x \\
\hline
5 \text{cents} & 100 & \cdot & 0.05 & = & 0.05(100) \\
\hline
3 \text{cents} & x + 100 & \cdot & 0.03 & = & 0.03(x + 100) \\
\hline
\end{array}
$
The sum of the quantities of each solution is equal to the quantity of the resulting solution
Step 3: Write an equation from the last column of the table
$0.02x + 0.05(100) = 0.03(x + 100)$
Step 4: Solve
$
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
0.02x + 5 &= 0.03x + 3\\
\\
0.02x - 0.03x &= 3 - 5\\
\\
-0.01x &= -2 \\
\\
x &= 200
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
$
Step 5: State the answer
In other words, $200$ oz of $2$ cents tea must be used.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Intermediate Algebra, Chapter 2, 2.3, Section 2.3, Problem 62
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