SOLUTION: an automobile radiator is full of a 20% antifreeze solution. if its capacity is 12 quarts, how many quarts must be replaced by a 95% solution to give 12 quarts of a 70% solution

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Question 797420: an automobile radiator is full of a 20% antifreeze solution. if its capacity is 12 quarts, how many quarts must be replaced by a 95% solution to give 12 quarts of a 70% solution
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Let represent the amount replaced, then:



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