SOLUTION: A chemical company mixes pure water with their premium antifreeze solution to create an inexpensive antifreeze mixture. The premium antifreeze solution contains 85% pure antifreez

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Question 1189919: A chemical company mixes pure water with their premium antifreeze solution to create an inexpensive antifreeze mixture. The premium antifreeze solution contains 85% pure antifreeze. The company wants to obtain 255 gallons of a mixture that contains 30% pure antifreeze. How many gallons of water and how many gallons of the premium antifreeze solution must be mixed?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Dilution - just adding water



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--------------antifreeze
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-------------of water


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