document.write( "Question 497088: I have tried setting this word problem into a table a few different ways, just not sure I am doing it right...
\n" ); document.write( "A landscaper needs to mix a 75% pesticide solution with 30 gallons of a 25% pesticide solution to obtain a 60% pesticide solution. How many gallons of the 75% solution must be used?
\n" ); document.write( "I got 31.5 gallons? Can that be right? Thank you!
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