SOLUTION: 4% of the fuel mixture used for a lawn mower is oil. The rest of the mixture is petrol. Q: Oliver has 200ml of oil. How much petrol should he ass to make the correct fuel mixtur

Question 1029337: 4% of the fuel mixture used for a lawn mower is oil. The rest of the mixture is petrol.
Q: Oliver has 200ml of oil. How much petrol should he ass to make the correct fuel mixture for his lawn mower?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 4% of the fuel mixture is oil, then 96% is petrol.

Quantity of Oil:
x is the volume of the petrol to add or use.

When that makes sense for you, you then know what to do.
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