The Royal Fruit Company produces two types of fruit drinks. The first type is 45% pure fruit juice, and the second type is 95% pure fruit juice. The company is attempting to produce a fruit drink that contains 65% pure fruit juice. How many pints of each of the two existing types of drink must be used to make 180 pints of a mixture that is 65% pure fruit juice? Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier. First fruit drink: pints Second fruit drink: pints X 3

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The Royal Fruit Company produces two types of fruit drinks. The first type is 45% pure fruit juice, and the second type is
95% pure fruit juice. The company is attempting to produce a fruit drink that contains 65% pure fruit juice. How many pints
of each of the two existing types of drink must be used to make 180 pints of a mixture that is 65% pure fruit juice?
Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier.
First fruit drink:
pints
Second fruit drink: pints
X
E
Transcribed Image Text:The Royal Fruit Company produces two types of fruit drinks. The first type is 45% pure fruit juice, and the second type is 95% pure fruit juice. The company is attempting to produce a fruit drink that contains 65% pure fruit juice. How many pints of each of the two existing types of drink must be used to make 180 pints of a mixture that is 65% pure fruit juice? Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier. First fruit drink: pints Second fruit drink: pints X E
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