Manny's cleaning supply store receives a mixture of 80% detergent and 20% water in 15-gallon buckets. Manny would like a mixture of 60 detergent and 40% water in a 5 gallon buckets. To make this he combined some 80/20 mixture with some pure water in each 5 gallon bucket. How much gallons of pure water does Manny add to each 5 gallon bucket.

1.67 gallons

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Original mixture contains 80% detergent and 20% water in a 15 gallon bucket.

New Mixture to contain 60% detergent and 40% water of 5 gallon bucket.

To find:

Volume of Pure water to be added to each 5 gallon bucket to obtain the new mixture.

Solution:

First of all, let us calculate the answer by adding pure water to 15 gallon bucket.

Let the number of gallon of water to be added =

New volume = (15+) gallons

Now, let us compare the number of gallons of water in the mixture before and after.

Therefore, to a 15 gallon bucket (80% detergent and 20% water)of detergent mixture, if we add 5 gallons of pure water , it will become 60% detergent and 40% water.

To a 5 gallon bucket, the number of gallons of water to be added =

greater than one

step-by-step explanation: