document.write( "Question 1088996: How many liters of a 12% ethanol solution must be mixed with 15 liters of a 27% ethanol solution to obtain a 24% ethanol solution? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "0.12x + 0.27*15 = 0.24*(x+15)  ====>\r\n" );
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document.write( "0.12x + 0.27*15 = 0.24x + 0.24*15  ====>  \r\n" );
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document.write( "0.12x - 0.24x = 0.24*15 - 0.27*15  ====>\r\n" );
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document.write( "-0.12x = -0.03*15  ====>\r\n" );
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document.write( "x =  = 3.75.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  3.75 liters of the 12% solution must be mixed with 15 liters of the 27% solution to get 0.24% solution. \r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One of standard problems on mixtures.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is entire bunch of lessons covering various types of mixture problems\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Mixture problems\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Word problems on mixtures for alloys \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Advanced mixture problem for three alloys \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic \"Mixture problems\n" ); document.write( "
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