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Hawaiiain punch is 10% fruit juice. How much water would you have to add to one gallon of hawaiiain punch to get a drink that is 6% fruit juice?
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document.write( "First I'll give you the answer and check it. Then I'll tell\r\n" );
document.write( "you how I got it.  The reason I do it this way is to show\r\n" );
document.write( "you that it takes the exact same thinking to check a word\r\n" );
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document.write( "equation, starting with x.  You'll see.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer: You would have to add  of a gallon of water.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Checking using the answer  gallon of water.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We have 1 gallon of Hawaiian punch to begin with.\r\n" );
document.write( "10% of 1 gallon is  gallon of fruit juice.\r\n" );
document.write( "Suppose we add  gallon of water.  We will then\r\n" );
document.write( "have  or  gallons of liquid of\r\n" );
document.write( "which  gallon is fruit juice, so\r\n" );
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document.write( "because  =  =  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Now if you understand that, we will now \"check it\" using  gallon:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Checking\" using  gallon of water.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We have 1 gallon of Hawaiian punch to begin with.\r\n" );
document.write( "10% of 1 gallon is  gallon of fruit juice.\r\n" );
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document.write( "have  gallons of liquid of\r\n" );
document.write( "which  gallon is fruit juice, so\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by \r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 6 from both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplifying:\r\n" );
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