document.write( "Question 1103677: A distributor has two gasohol blends: one that contains 5.00% alcohol and another with 11.0% alcohol. How many litres of each must be mixed to make 428 L of gasohol containing 9.50% alcohol? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "0.05x   + 0.11*(428-x) = 0.095*428\r\n" );
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document.write( "0.05x + 0.11*428 - 0.11*x = 0.095*428\r\n" );
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document.write( "-0.06x = 0.095*428 - 0.11*428\r\n" );
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document.write( "-0.06x = -0.015*428  ====>  x =  = 107.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  107 liters of the 5% gasohol  and 428-107 = 321 liter of the 11% gasohol.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Check.  0.05*107 + 0.11*321 = 40.66 liters of pure alcohol;\r\n" );
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document.write( "        0.095*428 = 40.66 liters of pure alcohol.    ! Correct !\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "There is entire bunch of introductory lessons covering various types of mixture problems\r
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