document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=793912>Question 793912</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> suppose that one cocktail is 25% ethanol and another cocktail is 110% ethanol. How many milliliters of each solution should be mixed to make 10.5 milliliters of an 80% ethanol solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + y = 10.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x       -x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 10.5 - x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".25x + 1.10y = 10.5(0.8)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".25x + 1.10(10.5 - x) = 10.5(0.8)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".25x + 11.55 - 1.10x = 8.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.25x           .25x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "11.55 - 1.35x = 8.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-11.55            -11.55\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1.35x = -3.15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/-1.35     /-1.35\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2.33Reapeating.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Am I correct on my work? My answer seems wrong to me. If I move my answer into percentage form....it will be 233%?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help!!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you for your time, greatly appreciated!!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " How many milliliters of each solution should be mixed to make 10.5 milliliters of an 80% ethanol solution? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think you are on the right track here, but you can't have 110% ethanol, 100%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is all ethenol, lets say it is 100%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".25x + 1(10.5-x) = .80(10.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".25x - 1x + 10.5 = 8.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.75x = 8.4 - 10.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.75x = -2.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2.1/-.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = +2.8 milliliters of the 25% ethanol<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10.5 - 2.8 = 7.7 milliliters of 100% ethanol<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can confirm this<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".25(2.8) + 1(7.7) = .8(10.5) </SPAN>\n" );
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