SOLUTION: A radiator contains 5 quarts of fluid, 30% of which is antifreeze. How much fluid should be drained and replaced with pure antifreeze so that the new mixture is 60% antifreeze? (Ro
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Question 662306: A radiator contains 5 quarts of fluid, 30% of which is antifreeze. How much fluid should be drained and replaced with pure antifreeze so that the new mixture is 60% antifreeze? (Round your answer to two decimal places.) Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = quarts of fluid to be drained
and replaced with pure antifreeze quarts of antifreeze originally
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Note that you started with 5 quarts and
ended with 5 quarts
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2.14 quarts of fluid should be drained
and replaced with pure antifreeze
