Algebra L1-2 Quiz v3

To save on shipping cost, most soft drinks are manufactured as concentrated syrups and shipped around the country to local bottling plants. They are only diluted to their finished strength right before being bottled and shipped to nearby stores. If the syrup for a fruit punch drink is 10% water, but the finished drink must be 80% water, write an equation that will help determine how many gallons of pure water, w, must be mixed into 55 gallons of concentrated syrup.