The US Department of Agriculture reported that 50 out of eve

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that 50 out of every 100 milk drinkers drink skim milk. If a storeowner orders 17 gallons of milk, how many should be skim? To supply all of the skim milk drinkers, out of the 17 gallons of milk ordered, gallons were skim milk.

Solution

According to U.S. Department of agriculture 50 out of 100 milkdrinkers drink skim milk.

that mens out of 100, 50 drinks skim milk and 50 drinks normal milk, and if store owner orders 17 gallons of milk, in order to ensure to supply skim milk to all of his customers, it should be 50 percent of 17 gallons that is half of 17 which is equql to 8.5gallons.