Answer:
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:
[tex]\dfrac{5}{x}=\dfrac{100}{1.5}[/tex]
Cross multiply:
[tex]100x=5\cdot 1.5\\ \\100x=7.5\\ \\x=\dfrac{7.5}{100}=0.075[/tex]
So, he needs 0.075 lbs of sugar and 5 - 0.075 = 4.925 lbs of water.
