document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=241234>Question 241234</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could someone please help me with this mixture problem?  I have been pouring over it for two days (total of over 4 hours), and have tried various methods none of them yielding the correct answer.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A mechanic has 363 gallons of gasoline and 17 gallons of oil to make gas/oil mixtures. He wants one mixture to be 6% oil and the other mixture to be 2.5% oil. If he wants to use all of the gas and oil, how many gallons of gas and oil are in each of the resulting mixtures? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #176699 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=176699\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x=gals of gas required to make a .025 mixture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y=gals of oil required to make a .025 mixture.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) y/(x+y)=.025<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) (17-y)/(363-x+17-y)=.06<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=.025x+.025y<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".975y=.025x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=.0256x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(17-.0256x)/(380-x-.0256x)=.06<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17-.0256x=22.8-.0615x<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".0359x=5.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=161.56 gal<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y/(161.56+y)=.025<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=4.039+.025y<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".975y=4.039<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=4.142 gal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It wont be exact because of rounding errors.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ed </SPAN>\n" );
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