document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1085259>Question 1085259</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The radiator truck contains 12 gallons of water. We draw off 3 gallons and replace it with alcohol, then draw off 3 gallons of the mixture and replace it by alcohol, etc., how much alcohol is in the dinal mixture? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " We draw off 3 gallons and replace it with alcohol,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the percent alcohol in decimal form, when this is done<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = .25<BR>\n" );
document.write( " then draw off 3 gallons of the mixture and replace it by alcohol, etc., how much alcohol is in the final mixture?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x = the percent of alcohol in the final mixture <BR>\n" );
document.write( ".25(12-3) + 3 = 12x<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".25(9) + 3 = 12x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.25 + 3 = 12x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.25 = 12x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5.25/12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = .4375 * 100 = 43.75% alcohol in the final mixture  </SPAN>\n" );
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