document.write( "Question 1097515: If 1/4 of a mixture rice and corn was replaced by corn alone, the resulting mixture becomes 55% corn. What was the percentage of corn in the original mixture? \n" ); document.write( "
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100 units of corn at p percent corn\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Remove 25 units of original mixture and replace with 25 units of 100% corn.
\n" ); document.write( "\"%2875p%2B25%2A100%29%2F100=55\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"75p%2B25%2A100=55%2A100\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"75p=55%2A100-25%2A100\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"75p=30%2A100\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"p=%2830%2A100%29%2F%283%2A25%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28p=40%29\"--------------40% corn, the original mixture
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