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document.write( "Depends on the question.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here's a similar problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Same problem, different numbers, actually.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A scientist mixes water (containing no salt) with a solution that contains <BR>\n" );
document.write( " 40% salt. She wants to obtain 200 ounces of a mixture that is 5% salt. How many ounces of water and how many ounces of the 40% salt solution should she use<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " W = Water<BR>\n" );
document.write( " S = 40% salt (if available)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " W + S = 200<BR>\n" );
document.write( " W*0 + S*40 = (W+S)*5<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 40S = 5W + 5S<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 5W = 35S<BR>\n" );
document.write( " W = 200-S<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 5(200-S) = 35S<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 1000 - 5S = 35S<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 40S = 1000<BR>\n" );
document.write( " S = 25 </SPAN>\n" );
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