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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how much water must be evaporated from 240 gallons of  a 3% salt solution to produce a5% salt solution? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First, we can find out how much salt by:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".03(240) = 7.2 gallons<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = gallons of water to make it a 5% solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05 = 7.2/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 7.2/.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 144 gallons<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore, the amount of water that must be evaporated is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240 - 144 = 96 gallons of water<BR>\n" );
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