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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Nick has two cans of white paint, one with a 2% yellow pigment and the other with a 5% yellow pigment. He wants to mix the two paints to get paint with a 4% yellow pigment. How much of the 5% yellow pigment paint should be mixed with 0.4 gallon of the 2% yellow pigment paint to get the desired paint? \n" ); document.write( "

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Money and Mixture Problems:
\n" ); document.write( "Nick has two cans of white paint, one with a 2% yellow pigment and the other with a 5% yellow pigment. He wants to mix the two paints to get paint with a 4% yellow pigment. How much of the 5% yellow pigment paint should be mixed with 0.4 gallon of the 2% yellow pigment paint to get the desired paint?
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\n" ); document.write( "let x=gal of 5% yellow pigment paint to be mixed with 0.4 gallon of the 2% yellow pigment paint to get a 4% yellow pigment paint.
\n" ); document.write( "5%x+2%(.4)=4%(.4+x)
\n" ); document.write( ".05x+.02(.4)=.04(.4)+.04x
\n" ); document.write( ".05x+.008=.016+.04x
\n" ); document.write( ".01x=.008
\n" ); document.write( "x=.8
\n" ); document.write( "ans:
\n" ); document.write( "5% yellow pigment paint to be mixed=.8 gal \n" ); document.write( "

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