SOLUTION: A nontoxic floor wax can be made by combining lemmon juice and food-grade linseed oil. The amout of lil should be twice the amount of lemmon juice. How much of each ingredient is

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Question 132659: A nontoxic floor wax can be made by combining lemmon juice and food-grade linseed oil. The amout of lil should be twice the amount of lemmon juice. How much of each ingredient is needed to make 32oz of floor wax? The mix should be spread on a rag and buffed dry.
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A nontoxic floor wax can be made by combining lemmon juice and food-grade linseed oil.
The amount of linseed oil should be twice the amount of lemmon juice.
Let amt. of linseed oil be "2x"; Amt of lemmon juice is "x".
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How much of each ingredient is needed to make 32oz of floor wax?
2x + x = 32
3x = 32
x = 32/3 oz (amount of lemmon juice)
2x = 64/3 oz (amount of linseed oil)
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Cheers,
Stan H.