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A 25 – ounce solution is 20% alcohol . If 50 ounces of water added to it , what
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document.write( "20% of the 25 ounces is alcohol and the rest of the\r\n" );
document.write( "25 ounces is water.\r\n" );
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document.write( "20% of the 25 ounces is 5 ounces, so 5 ounces of the \r\n" );
document.write( "25 ounces is alcohol and the other 20 ounces is water.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now if we add 50 ounces of water to those 20 ounces,\r\n" );
document.write( "there is 70 ounces of water, but still only 5 ounces \r\n" );
document.write( "of alcohol, so  or about 7.1% alcohol.\r\n" );
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