document.write( "Question 1098990: 1 ft cubic squared of silt was mixed into 5 ft cubic square of soil containing 10% silt. What is the silt content of the mixture ?
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document.write( "Silt volume is  1 cubic ft + 0.1*5 cubic ft = 1.5 cubic ft.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The total volume is 1 cubic ft + 5 cubic ft = 6 cubic ft.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The ratio of the silt volume to the total volume is   = 0.25 = 25%.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  25%.  Option B).\r\n" );
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\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
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - More Mixture problems\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Word problems on mixtures for antifreeze solutions \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like coffee beans, nuts, cashew and peanuts\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like candies, dried fruits\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like soil and sand (*)\r
\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
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - OVERVIEW of lessons on word problems for mixtures\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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