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Question 928913: how much pure alcohol is in 50 liters of a 45% alcohol soulution?
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Question 928973: How many gallons of gasoline that is 11% ethanol must be added to 2,000 gallons of gasoline with no ethanol to get a mixture that is 9% ethanol?
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Question 929054: How much water must be added to 20 gallons of a solution that is 30% alcohol to dilute it to a solution that is only 25% alcohol?
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Question 929210: -6x^2 +30x -2
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Question 929423: $20,287 is invested, part at 12% and the rest at 9%. If the interest earned from the amount invested at 12% exceeds the interest earned from the amount invested at 9% by $492.99, how much is invested at each rate? (Round to two decimal places if necessary.)
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Question 929428: How many liters each of a 35% acid solution and a 85% acid solution must be used to produce 50 liters of a 55% acid solution? (Round to two decimal places if necessary.)
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Question 929537: A metallurgist has one alloy containing 21% aluminum and another containing 45% aluminum. How many pounds of each alloy must he use to make 42 pounds of a third alloy containing 27% aluminum? (Round to two decimal places if necessary.)
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Question 929629: how many milliliters of a 10% hydrogen peroxide solution and how many milliliters of a 2% hydrogen peroxide solution should be mixed to obtain 500 mL if a 4% hydrogen peroxide solution?

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Question 929722: One acetic acid solution is 70 percent water, and another is 30 percent water. How many liters of each solution should be mixed to produce 20 liters of a solution that is 40 percent water?
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Question 929756: Find the equation of the line satisfying the specified conditions
passing thorough (-3,4) and (-5,6)
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Question 929772: How many pounds of chamomile tea that costs $18.50 per pound must be mixed with 18 pounds of orange tea that costs $12.29 per pound to make a mixture thtat costs $14.36 per pound?
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Question 929697: A silversmith combined pure silver which cost $8.50 an ounce with 100 oz of a silver alloy which cost $4.00 an ounce. how many ounces of pure silver were used to make an alloy of silver selling for $6.00 an ounce?
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Question 929917: Solve the problem. The formula A=200e^0.033t + 2 models the population (A) of a particular city, in thousands, t years after 1998. When will the population of the city reach 397 thousand?
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Question 929939: Mr. Ang invested Php 16,000, a part of it at 9% and he rest at 4%, his total interest from at both investments was Php 900. How much did he invest at each rate?
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Question 929953: How many liters of a 30% acid solution should be mixed with an 80% acid solution to get 70L of a solution that is 50% acid?

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Question 929943: If joy can paint a box alone in 6 hours and Gina can paint it in 4 hours. How many hours would it take both to paint the box together?
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Question 929983: You buy 5 bags of peanuts to share with your friends. Each bag contains p ounces of peanuts. How many ounces of peanuts did you buy?
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Question 929938: The perimeter of a rectangle is 30 inches. its length is twice its width. find the dimension of the recangle.
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Question 929931: how many liters of alkali must be added to 10 liters of water o be able to produce a solution that is 75% alkali
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Question 930124: 800 ounces to pounds?

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Question 930159: I need help figuring out this word problem... (On Monday, 383 students went on a field trip to the zoo. All 9 buses were filled and 5 students had to travel in cars. How many students were on each bus?)
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Question 930176: Hey, I can't figure out this problem... "On Monday, 383 students went on a field trip. All 9 buses were filled and 5 students had to travel in cars. How many students were on each bus?"
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Question 930179: Please help me figure out this problem... "14. Danny sold half of his comic books then bought 9 more. He now has 18 comic books. How many comic books did he begin with?"
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Question 930273: a bag of trail mix has peanuts to raisins in a ratio of 5 to 8. if there are 35 peanuts, how many raisins are there in the bag?

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Question 930268: Sammy's school drama club performed a play. Student tickets cost $2 each, and adult tickets cost $4.50 each. Altogether they sold 80 tickets and made $275. How many adults bought tickets?
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Question 930252: How do i set an equation up for this?
How many ounces of pure salt must be added to 150 oz of a 50% salt solution to make a 75% salt solution?
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Question 930371: Three ingredients are used to create a trail mix. Cashews are $3 a pound, fruit are $6 a pound, and chocolate chips are $3 a pound. How many of each ingredient are used to make a 140 pound mixture at $6 a pound?
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Question 930410: While driving on the highway Fiona averages 60 miles per hour. In the city she averages 30 miles per hour. On a trip to her grandmother's house Fiona drove 312 hours on the highway and 112 hours in the city.
What was Fiona's average speed for the entire trip?

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Question 930412: How many liters of 40% acid solutions and 5% acid solution should be mixed to get 7 liters of 20 % acid solution?
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Question 930267: how many liters of each of 5%,10%, and 40% acid solution should be mixed together to get 18L of 20% solution, if the amount of 5% solution used to be 4L more than the amount of 10% solution used
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Question 930431: A store sells bluegrass seed that is worth $6 per pound and ryegrass seed that is worth $3 per pound. How much of each should be mixed to obtain 80 pounds of a blend that is worth $5 per pound?
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Question 930604: if the rate of tea per pound in pakistan is Rs 2.1/pound what is the rate per kg if 1 pound=0.4536 kg
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Question 930636: 1.You need to prepare 180 g of a 10% cream using 30% stock cream and a cream base. How much is needed of each?
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Question 930640: a bottle contains 30 ounces of 70% isopropyl alcohol. How much pure isopropyl alcohol is in the bottle?
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Question 930641: Graph the horizontal line through (2, -1)
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Question 931006: How many gallons of a 20% solution should be mixed with 15 gallons of a 70% solution to yield a final mixture of lemonade containing 35% of pure lemon juice?
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Question 931542: a vendor bought 10 liters of milk at $10 and 20 liters of milk at $30. in what proportion should i mix water and the total 30 liters of milk to sell each liter of milk at $1 per liter?
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Question 931588: store sells bluegrass seed that is worth $6 per pound and ryegrass seed that is worth $3 per pound. How much of each should be mixed to obtain 80 pounds of a blend that is worth $5 per pound?
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Question 925235: A basketball player scored 24 times during one game, She scored a total of 43 points, two for each two-point shot and one for each free throw. How many two-point shots did she make? How many free throws?
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Question 931770: The Royal Fruit Company produces two types of fruit drinks. The first type is
50%
pure fruit juice, and the second type is
65%
pure fruit juice. The company is attempting to produce a fruit drink that contains
60%
pure fruit juice. How many pints of each of the two existing types of drink must be used to make
180
pints of a mixture that is
60%
pure fruit juice?
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Question 931749: Marie mixes 16 liters of 78% acid solution with a 25% acid solution to make a 41% acid solution.
How many liters of 25% solution did she use?

8 liters

12 liters

13.7 liters

37 liters

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Question 931773: How many liters each of a 15% acid solution and a 55% acid solution must be used to produce 80 liters of a 50% acid solution? Round to two decimal places if necessary. Help!
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Question 931809: anne and nancy use a metal alloy that is 17 percent copper to make jewerly. how many ounces of a 15 percent alloy must be mixed with a 18 percent alloy to form 78 ounces of the desired alloy?
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