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Question 912570: a club raised 96% of its for a charity. the club raised 1056 . what was the goal
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Question 912580: how many pounds of candy that sells for $0.75 per pound must be mixed with candy that sells for $1.25 per pound in order to obtain 9 pounds of a mixture that should sell for $0.96 per pound

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Question 912605: I have a mixed drink that is 10% alcohol and 90% water. if my drink is 12 fluid ounces, how much water do I have to add to make the drink 7% alcohol?
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Question 912681: The sugar solution comes as 50% solution you are to add this to a 5 liter fluid bag. Determine how much volume is to be added to the 5L bag to get a 10% solution.
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Question 912694: You are making a drink that requires 19 ounces of a 34-proof whiskey. Unfortunately, all you have on hand are 23-proof and 37-proof whiskey. How much of each type of whiskey do you need to mix to create 19 ounces of a 34-proof whiskey?
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Question 912868: Use the discount equation S=R-rR
Where S is the sale price, R is the regular price and r is the discount rate.
A toy train set with a regular price of $415 is on sale for $167. Find the markdown rate. Found to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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Question 912864: If 1-4x =13 , evaluate x^2+2x-2
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Question 912962: 5.15 pounds of beef at 3.40 a pound how much total cost for beef

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Question 913026: find how many mililitres of 3% acid solution and 7% acid solution should be mixed to yield 120 ml of 5% acid solution
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Question 913191: The radiator in a car is filled with a solution of 60 per cent antifreeze and 40 per cent water. The manufacturer of the antifreeze suggests that for summer driving, optimal cooling of the engine is obtained with only 50 per cent antifreeze. If the capacity of the raditor is 3.4 liters, how much coolant (in liters) must be drained and replaced with pure water to reduce the antifreeze concentration to 50 per cent?

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Question 913351: A recipe for a rice dish calls for 9 oz of pure wild rice and 11 oz of a rice mixture that is 20% wild rice. What is the percent concentration of wild rice in the 20-ounce mixture?

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Question 913361: Use the lever system equation. F1x=F2(d-x)
An adult and child are on a seesaw that is 15 ft long. The adult weighs 192 lb. And the child weighs 48 lb. How many feet from the child must the fulcrum be placed so that the seesaw is balances?
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Question 913359: S=R-rR
(S= sale price, R=regular price, r= discount rate)
A battery with a discount price of $62 is on sale for 26% off the regular price. Find the regular price. Round to the nearest cent.
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Question 913425: how many liters of 80% acid solution must be mixed with 15% acid solution to get 455 L of a 70% acid solution?
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Question 913525: Maggie makes some fruit punch. She mixes 2 1/2 quarts of grape juice with 1 1/2 quarts of orange juice. One quart of grape juice cost $1 less than one quart of orange juice. She finds that the total cost of making the fruit punch is $12.50. Calculate the cost of each quart of grape juice and each quart of orange juice.
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Question 913554: http://imgur.com/4RTMc0n
Please, please, PLEASE help me out on how to solve this in the table.
I;m getting answers like -8/23
I have a test on Friday on these tables and this question literally stumped me for a full hour.
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Question 913624: Solution A is 10 percent salt, by weight, and solution B is 20 percent salt, by weight. how many grams of solution B must be added to 200 grams of solution A to make a new solution that is percent salt, by weight?
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Question 913696: An alloy of tin and copper contains 16% tin. How much tin (to the nearest tenth) must be added to make 820 pounds of alloy that is 18% tin?
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Question 913836: Rubbing alcohol is typically diluted with water to 70% strength. If you need 3.5 oz of 55% rubbing alcohol, how many ounces of 70% rubbing alcohol and how much water should you combine?
I know Ar=Q but can't seem to quite figure out how to apply it to find the solution....
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Question 913843: Chris needs to mix a 20% fungicide solution with a 40% fungicide solution to create 200 millileters of a 22% solution. How many millileters of each solution must Chris use?
______ mililiters of 20% solution
______ mililiters of 40% solution
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Question 913873: how many liters of water should be added to 20 liters of a 70 percent antifreeze solution to make a 50 percent antifreeze solution?

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Question 914000: a gardener has two fertilizers that contain different concentrations of nitrogen.One is 3% nitrogen and the other is 11% nitrogen.How many pounds of each should he mix to obtain 20 pounds of 9% concentration?
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Question 914150: A can has 90% juice and the rest water. the can has 1 liter of water. Write an equation in one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of juice and water in the can.
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Question 914137: what is the salt percentage (bwow) of a mixture containing 2 lb of salt and 2 gallons of water
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Question 914181: you have 50 qrts of 30% acid solution, how much acid must you add to raise the solution to 40% acid.
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Question 914271: Show that the equation x^2-6xy+9y^2=25 represents a pair of parallel straight lines, and draw these lines.
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Question 914207: a rectangular pool is 20 feet by 28 feet a deck that has uniform width surrounds the pool. the total area of the pool and deck is 884 what is the width of the deck
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Question 914325: Write the equation of variation.(inversely)
The weight of an object on mars varies directly as its weight on earth. A stone which weighs 5 kg on earth weighs 2 kg on mars. How much would a 70-kg person weigh on mars?
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Question 914329: Write the equation of variation.
The force of gravity acting on an object varies directly with the mass of the object. The force on a mass of 10 kg is 98 newtons. What is the force acting on a mass of 25 kilogram?

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Question 914335: Write the equation variation. ( inversely)
The number of kilograms y of water in a human body varies directly as the total weight. A person weighing 54 kg contains 36 kg of water. How many kilograms of water are in a 36-kg high school student?
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Question 914336: Write the equation of variation.( inversely)
The number of copies produced by a copier varies directly as the amount of time the copier is operating. If the copier produces 150 copies in 4 minutes, how many copies can it produce in 1 hour?
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Question 914338: Write the equation of variation.( inversely)
The cost of a train ticket varies directly with the number of kilometers. A Trip costS Php 84; how much would a 320-kilometers trip cost?
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Question 914334: Write the equation of variation .
The cost of a train ticket varies directly with the number of kilometers travelled. Ifa ticket for a 140-kilometers trip cost php 84, how mmuch would a 320-kilometer trip cost?
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Question 914456: A jeweler has five rings, each weighing 16 grams, made of an alloy of 10% silver and 90% gold. He decides to melt down the rings and add enough silver to reduce the gold content to 80%.
(a) Construct a model that gives the fraction G(x) of the new alloy that is pure gold. (Let x represent the number of grams of silver added.)
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Question 914464: Engr. Help!!! Solve this, using a 90% solution of alcohol n water, you need to make 500ml of a 70% solution. How much water is needed?

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Question 914398: A chemist wants to make 200ml of an acid solution with a concentration of 48%. He wants to make this from two solutions with 60% and 40% concentrations, respectively. How much of each solution should she use?
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Question 914383: How much water should be added to 89 liters of a 45% saccharine solution to get a 40% saccharine solution?
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Question 914591: How much orange juice at 45cents per liter should be mixed with grapefruit juice worth 35cents per liter to make 200 liters of a mixture worth 40cents per liter?
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Question 914685: The world's strongest beer contains 13.2% of alcohol and the world's weakest beer contains .2% of alcohol..How many liters of the world's strongest and weakest beer are needed to make a mixture of 100 liters that is 8% alcohol?
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Question 914681: how many kilograms of ocean water would have to evaporate to produce one pound of water
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Question 914827: Five gallons of a dark green latex paint that is 25% yellow paint are combined with a lighter green latex paint that is 65% yellow paint. How many gallons of the lighter green paint must be used to create a green paint that is 35% yellow paint? (Enter your answer as a fraction.)
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Question 914984: suppose both a 6% and 12% alcohol solution are available. How many gallons of each must be mixed in order to get 30 gallons of a 10.5% alcohol solution?
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