document.write( "Question 191262: Cheap Charlie is attempting to stretch his 2-liter bottle of antifreeze by diluting it with water (this is a very bad idea.). He read on carstuff.com that the antifreeze companies have made the antifreeze too strong, and all that your car really needs is a 25% antifreeze solution. How many liters of water must he add to the 2 liters of pure antifreeze to make this happen? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #143547 by Mathtut(3670) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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amount of antifreeze remains constant....you are simply adding water. Lets call the amount of water added y
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\n" ); document.write( "2=.25(2+y)
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\n" ); document.write( "2=.5+.25y
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\n" ); document.write( ".25y=1.5
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\n" ); document.write( "y=6 liters of water \n" ); document.write( "

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