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Question 848613: how many cups of pure water should be mixed with 5.5 cups of an 80% acid solution to dilute it to 4% acid solution?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Very common two part mixture problem. Yours is just a different example.

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