document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=606963>Question 606963</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many quarts if a 40% alchohol solution must be mixed with 3 quarts of pure water to make a 28% solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I am doing but I am getting a negative answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3*1)+(x*.3)=(3+x*.28) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = amt of 40% solution required<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".40x = .28(x+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".40x = .28x + .84<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".40x - .28x = .84<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".12x = .84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = .84/.12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 7 quarts of 40% solution required<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".4(7) = .28(7+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.8 = .28(10) </SPAN>\n" );
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