SOLUTION: Cheap Charlie is attempting to stretch his 2-liter bottle of antifreeze by diluting it with water (this is a very bad idea.). He read on carstuff.com that the antifreeze companies
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Question 191262: Cheap Charlie is attempting to stretch his 2-liter bottle of antifreeze by diluting it with water (this is a very bad idea.). He read on carstuff.com that the antifreeze companies have made the antifreeze too strong, and all that your car really needs is a 25% antifreeze solution. How many liters of water must he add to the 2 liters of pure antifreeze to make this happen? Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! amount of antifreeze remains constant....you are simply adding water. Lets call the amount of water added y
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2=.25(2+y)
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2=.5+.25y
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.25y=1.5
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y=6 liters of water
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