document.write( "Question 972698: The capacity of a car radiator is 18 quarts. If it is currently filled with a 20% antifreeze solution, how many quarts must be drained and replaced with a 100% antifreeze solution to give 18 quarts of a 39% antifreeze solution?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #594950 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( "----------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Note that you start with \n" ); document.write( "and you end up with \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "You are draining off a 20% solution, so you are \n" ); document.write( "draining off \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "You replace the solution drained off with \n" ); document.write( "quarts of pure antifreeze \n" ); document.write( "----------------------- \n" ); document.write( "I can now say: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "4.275 quarts of solution must be drained off and replaced \n" ); document.write( "with 100% pure antifreeze \n" ); document.write( "------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "check: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |