SOLUTION: Can you show me how to work the steps to solve the below problem? How many milliliters of vinegar must be added to 20 milliliters of a 10% vinegar solution to make it 25% vinega

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Question 1178283: Can you show me how to work the steps to solve the below problem?
How many milliliters of vinegar must be added to 20 milliliters of a 10% vinegar solution to make it 25% vinegar solution.
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Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
v volume of vinegar to add, in milliliters

%280.10%2A20%2B1.0v%29%2F%28v%2B20%29=0.25
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Problem description should really be:
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How many milliliters of vinegar must be added to 20 milliliters of a 10% vinegar solution to make a resulting mixture of 25% vinegar solution?
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Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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For introductory lessons covering various types of mixture word problems see
    - Mixture problems
    - More Mixture problems
    - Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions
    - Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive
in this site.

You will find there ALL TYPICAL mixture problems with different methods of solutions,
explained at different levels of detalization,  from very detailed to very short.

Read them and become an expert in solution mixture word problems.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this textbook in the section "Word problems" under the topic "Mixture problems".


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Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
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to your archive and use it when it is needed.