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Let amount of 10% alcohol to mix, be T
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document.write( "Then we get: .1T + .18(14) = .12(T + 14)
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document.write( ".1T + 2.52 = .12T + 1.68
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document.write( ".1T - .12T = 1.68 - 2.52
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document.write( "- .02T = - .84
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