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document.write( "The solution is to be 10% something and 90% water.  Let's call the something \"s\" to save typing.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 oz of 10% s means there's 0.2 oz of s in the mixture.  See that?  The other 1.8 oz is water.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To get 0.2 oz from the 12.5% mix will take 1.6 oz.  (12.5% is 1/8, so 1.6 times 1/8 = 0,2 oz).  Am I going too fast for you?  Take your time, think about it.  The important thing is NOT to get the answer, but to understand how to get it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 1.6 oz has the 0.2 oz of s, so you add the difference in water, 0.4 ounces.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To sum it up, you mix 1.6 oz of the 12.5% mix with 0.4 oz of water.  The result is 2 ounces of 10% mix.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS  I really, really hope I got this one right. </SPAN>\n" );
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