SOLUTION: suppose 15 quarts of a solution that is 35% antifreeze is mixed with 5 quarts of a solution that is 72% antifreeze
A)How many quarts of antifreeze are in the resulting mixture?
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Question 1085714: suppose 15 quarts of a solution that is 35% antifreeze is mixed with 5 quarts of a solution that is 72% antifreeze
A)How many quarts of antifreeze are in the resulting mixture?
B)what percentage of the resulting mixture is antifreeze?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, jorel1380:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
quarts of antifreeze
quarts of antifreeze
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A)
There are 8.85 quarts of antifreeze in the
resulting mixture
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B)
total quarts of mixture
The % of the resulting mixture that is antifreeze
is 44.25%
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a.15x.35=5.25
5 x 0.72=3.6
Total:5.25+3.6=8.85 qts. antifreeze
b. 8.85/15+5=.4425, or 44.25% antifreeze. ☺☺☺☺
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