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Algebra.Com's Answer #825679 by josgarithmetic(39621) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Change that \"55%\" salt solution down to less than about 24% salt, and then you would have a reasonable example problem. By \"ounces\", one should expect this means \"one sixteenth of a pound\".\r
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