Mon wants to make 5 lbs of the sugar syrup. how much water and how much sugar does he need to make 1.5% syrup?

He needs 0.075 lbs of sugar and 4.925 lbs of water.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x lbs be the amount of sugar in the syrup. Then 5-x lbs is the amount of water in this syrup.

Note

5 lbs - 100%

x lbs - 1.5%

Write a proportion:

Cross multiply:

So, he needs 0.075 lbs of sugar and 5 - 0.075 = 4.925 lbs of water.

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~courtney