document.write( "Question 989283: Oscar is perfecting his snow cone syrup to use at this year's county fair. He has 6 gallons of 40% syrup left over from last year. The goal is to make 53% syrup. How many gallons of pure syrup should he add to the 6 gallons in order to make his goal? Enter only the numeric portion of your answer, to the nearest hundredth \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"+.4%2A6+=+2.4+\"$ gallons of pure syrup in
\n" ); document.write( "6 gallons of 40% syrup
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"+x+\"$ = gallons of pure syrup to be added
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%28+2.4+%2B+x+%29+%2F+%28+6+%2B+x+%29+=+.53+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2.4+%2B+x+=+.53%2A%28+6+%2B+x+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2.4+%2B+x+=+3.18+%2B+.53x+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+.47x+=+3.18+-+2.4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+.47x+=+.78+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+1.66+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "1.66 gallons of pure syrup should be added
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%28+2.4+%2B+x+%29+%2F+%28+6+%2B+x+%29+=+.53+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%28+2.4+%2B+1.66+%29+%2F+%28+6+%2B+1.66+%29+=+.53+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4.06+%2F+7.66+=+.53+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4.06+=+4.06+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( "

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