document.write( "Question 687757: A bottle of fruit juice contains 10% water. How much water must be added to this to produce 7 L of
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In \"+7+\" liters of juice that contains 55% water, there is
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\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+w+\" = liters of water to be added
\n" ); document.write( "\"+7+-+w+\" = liters of juice before adding water
\n" ); document.write( "\"+.1%2A%28+7+-+w+%29+\" = liters of water at the beginning\r
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\n" ); document.write( "( liters of water you end up with ) / ( liters of juice you end up with ) = .55
\n" ); document.write( "\"+%28+.1%2A%28+7+-+w+%29+%2B+w+%29+%2F+7+=+.55+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+%28+.7+-+.1%2Aw+%2B+w+%29+%2F+7+=+.55+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+%28+.7+%2B+.9w+%29+%2F+7+=+.55+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+.7+%2B+.9w+=+.55%2A7+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+.9w+=+3.85+-+.7+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+.9w+=+3.15+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "3.5 liters of water need to be added
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+.1%2A%28+7+-+w+%29+\" = liters of water at the beginning
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\n" ); document.write( "In \"+7+\" liters of juice that contains 55% water, there is
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\n" ); document.write( "( liters of water you end up with ) - ( liters of water started with ) = ( liters of water to be added )
\n" ); document.write( "\"+3.85+-+.35+=+3.5+\" liters of water added
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