document.write( "Question 395642: a chef mixes 5 liters of a wine that is 12% alcohol by volume with 2 liters of a wine that is 9% alcohol by vloume. Determine the alcohol content of the mixture. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x represent the alcohol content of the 7L mixture
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document.write( "Mixing the 2 wines together to form  the new solution
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document.write( " .12*5L + .09*2L = x*7L
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document.write( "   (.6 + .18)/7 = x
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document.write( "        .1114 = x  11.14% alcohol content in the mixture \n" );
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