A pharmacist has fluocinolone ointment with50% fluocinolone , and the other contains 15% fluocinolone. How many...

A pharmacist has fluocinolone ointment with50% fluocinolone , and the other contains
15% fluocinolone. How many grams of each may be used to prepare 1950 g of a 20%
fluocinolone ointment?

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x grams of fluocinolone ointment with 50% fluocinolone...........that is 0.5x

y grams of fluocinolone ointment with 15% fluocinolone...........that is 0.15y

total quantity: 1950 gram

he wants to prepare 1950 g of a 20% fluocinolone ointment............that is 0.2(1950)

put the value of y

grams of fluocinolone ointment with 50% fluocinolone

grams of fluocinolone ointment with 15% fluocinolone

Colby Messinger answered 9 months ago

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