two known values
product # 1 = 60% protein
product # 2 = 80% protein
How much of the #2 product would I need to add to the # 1 product to
create a third product of 65%
Please send the formula
Hi Ray,
You didn't say how much of product #1 you have so I am going to assume you have one unit of product #1. To it you want to add an unknown quantity of product #2. Suppose the unknown quantity id x units. Hence when you add them you have (1 + x) units of the mixture.
60% of product #1 is protein so you have 0.6 units of protein form product #1.
80% of product #2 is protein so you have 0.8x units of of protein form product #2.
65% of the mixture is protein so you have 0.65
Thus
0.6 + 0.8
Solve for x.
Penny