Ok, some help needed here.... Say I have 2 flavors that I really like. To simplify, both flavors have the same PG/VG ratio and the same nic. Flavor A is mixed at 15% and flavor B is mixed at 12%. If I want to make a flavor that combines the two using a 4:1 ratio (4 parts of the 15% mixture and 1 part of the 12% mixture), how do I calculate how much of each flavor to add to the mix without having to mix both flavors individually and then mixing the 4:1 ratio?? My math skills are WAY rusty and I think I vaped myself in to a haze working out this mix, so the help would be much appreciated. And if there is an easy way to do it in ejuice Me Up, EVEN BETTER!!! Thanks in advance for the help!!
Math Guru Needed!! (or a good calculator...)
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So you have a total of 5 parts. 4 parts 15% and 1 part 12%. 100% / 5 = 20% per part. So you need 80% of one and 20% of the other for a total of 100%.
That would work if each original flavor was was mixed at the same percentage. I used 80% of a 15% flavor mixture and 20% of a 12% flavor mixture to make my desired flavor. I now want to make the combined mixture from scratch, without having to mix both part A and part B individually and then combining the two in the proper 80/20 (4:1) mix. How do I do it???
Off the top of my head what I'm thinking is that I'm looking at a combined 13.5% flavor mixture. That would mean 10.8% of flavor A (13.5 x 0.8) and 2.7% of flavor B (13.5 x 0.2)..... Am I right or am I missing something here??
Multiply the flavoring% of A by 0.8 and and B by 0.2, this will give you the new adjusted percentages of each flavoring component. To check to see if calculated correctly, the new total flavoring % of eliquid should be 4/5*15+1/5*12=14.4%.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^discard above...
Try this instead:
1) multiply each of the component's flavoring% of A by 4 (15*4=60)
2) add all the flavoring% from A (after *4) and B to get a total (60+12=72)
3) find the % of each component by dividing each flavoring% from A (after *4) and B by the total from 2 to get the new flavoring% out of total flavoring (60/72=0.83, 12/72=0.17)
4) from 3, calculate individual flavoring% out of 14.4% (0.83*14.4=12.0, 0.17*14.4=2.4)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^discard above...
Try this instead:
1) multiply each of the component's flavoring% of A by 4 (15*4=60)
2) add all the flavoring% from A (after *4) and B to get a total (60+12=72)
3) find the % of each component by dividing each flavoring% from A (after *4) and B by the total from 2 to get the new flavoring% out of total flavoring (60/72=0.83, 12/72=0.17)
4) from 3, calculate individual flavoring% out of 14.4% (0.83*14.4=12.0, 0.17*14.4=2.4)
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OK... Cedric and Hoosier, you both lost me with your math... Let me explain my thinking and tell me where I'm wrong. Let's say you have two piles of rocks, 16 rocks in each pile. Pile A is 50% diamonds (8 rocks). Pile B is 25% diamonds (4 rocks). Add them together and you have 32 rocks with 12 of those rocks being diamonds. So in the end you have 12/32= 37.5% diamonds. OR.... 50% + 25% = 75%/2 = 37.5%..... My way seem much easier, and makes a whole lot more sense to me than the numbers you both came up with..... Am I way off base here????? Please explain how you came up with your numbers, cuz I REALLY like this flavor and don't want to muck it up and waste some good juice!!!
I guess what I'm getting at is, (15% + 12%) / 2 = 13.5%. Isn't that my total flavor percentage??? Then from there I figure my 80% / 20% (4:1) ratio????
Here you are finding the averaging as 1:1, but the problem is that it doesn't take into consideration that you want to mix it at 4:1 so you won't get the same answer.
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I'm finding the average of the total flavor percentage (15% + 12% combined makes a 13.5% flavor). Now I take that 13.5% flavor total and figure out my 4:1 ratio, so 13.5 / 5 = 2.7. Now 2.7 x 4 = 10.8% of flavor A and 2.7 x 1 = 2.7% of flavor B for the combined total of 13.5% flavoring???? I'm convincing myself more and more that I am correct here, but if not, please prove me wrong before I mix something that tastes like cat ..... Cuz everyone knows that cat .... don't vape very well.... What you didn't know that??? Am I the only one who tried it??? Never mind, move on to the next post please.....
AH-HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You posted while I was typing!! I get it now (and vaguely remember learning something along these lines in school!!).
Thank you, sir!!
Thank you, sir!!
back to your example
50% of A is diamonds = 8
25% of B is diamonds = 4
now, if you have 4 bags of A and 1 bag of B
=(8*4)+(4*1)=36 diamonds
what's the new percentage? 36/(5*16)= 36/80 = 0.45 = 45% and not 37.5%
50% of A is diamonds = 8
25% of B is diamonds = 4
now, if you have 4 bags of A and 1 bag of B
=(8*4)+(4*1)=36 diamonds
what's the new percentage? 36/(5*16)= 36/80 = 0.45 = 45% and not 37.5%
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Yes!! Makes perfect sense now!!! And I have to admit that I'm a little ashamed for not figuring this out for myself. The modern age of computers has made me lax!! My job is actually designing fiber optic systems for military aircraft, yet simple math baffled me for 2 hours tonight!!! Don't worry though my friends!!! The F-35 and B2 will keep our country safe (because I can vape at my desk and use my computer for addition)!!
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