a pharmacist needs to mix a 5% anti cream with a 10% anti cream to make 50 mm of a mixture that contains 8% of the anti cream,. How much of the 5% cream and the 10% cream is needed

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a pharmacist needs to mix a 5% anti cream with a 10% anti cream to make 50 mm of a mixture that contains 8% of the anti cream,. How much of the 5% cream and the 10% cream is needed

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Answer 2

Let x = number of mm of 5% cream

0.05x + 0.10(50 - x) = 0.08(50)

Solve for x.