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document.write( "Let x = amount of water added<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40 liters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of which .30(40) = 12 liters is salt<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12 = .25(40+x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 = 10 + .25x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 = .25x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 liters = x<BR>\n" );
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