document.write( "Question 84494: An automobile radiator contains 16L of antifreeze and water. This mixture is 30% antifreeze. How much of this mixture should be drained and replaced with pure antifreeze so that there will be 50% antifreeze? (Not from a textbook.) I'm ok to solve is just adding antifreeze, but can't figure out how to set it up so that the solution is drained and replaced with pure antifreeze. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #60893 by scott8148(6628)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! you're going to drain xL of 30% antifreeze leaving (16-x)L ... to this you'll add xL of 100% antifreeze to get 16L of 50%\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( ".3(16-x)+x=.5(16) ... 4.8-.3x+x=8 ... .7x=3.2 ... x=32/7 or about 4 1/2 L \n" ); document.write( " |