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Question 931925: how many ml of 18% acid solution must be added to how many ml of 2% acid solution to create 180ml of 9% acid solution
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Question 932100: how many liters of a 20% alcohol should be added to 6 liters of a 40% alcohol solution so that the mixture is a 35% alcohol solution?
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Question 932038: 20 gallons of 70%v/v alcohol and 30 gallons of 50% v/v alcohol are mixed. calculate the proof strength in the mixture.
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Question 932201: The Royal Fruit Company produces two types of fruit drinks. The first type is
60%
pure fruit juice, and the second type is
85%
pure fruit juice. The company is attempting to produce a fruit drink that contains
80%
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
80%
pure fruit juice?
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Question 932205: An alloy is a mixture of metals. Suppose that a certain alloy is made by mixing
110
grams of an alloy containing
16%
copper with
210
grams of an alloy containing
64%
copper

(a) How many grams of copper are in the resulting mixture?
(b) What percentage of the resulting mixture is copper?

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Question 932404: How many pounds of almonds, selling for $4.25 per pound, should be mixed with 10 pounds of cashews, selling for $5.00 per pound, to make a mix that sells for $4.75 per pound?
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Question 932455: a merchant has coffee worth $2 a pound that she wishes to mix with 9 pounds of coffee worth $8 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $4 a pound. how many pounds of the $2 coffee should be used?
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Question 932496: How do you solve real life applications

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Question 932593: 1. Roman mixes 12 liters of 8% acid solution with a 20% acid solution, which results in a 16% acid solution. Find the number of liters of 20% acid solution in the new mixture. Construct a table to organize the information, and show all of your work to solve the problem.
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Question 932557: About how many gallons of juice are in a 12-liter
container?

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Question 932540: a chemist needs 400 ml of 12% hydrochloric acid solution. there are 10% and 15% solutions available, how much of each solution should be mixed to get the desired result
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Question 932528: How many gallons of pure water should be evaporated from 160 gallons of a solution containing 12% salt so that the remaining solution contains 20% salt?
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Question 932697: A trail mix contains 20% nuts and there are 8 pounds of the mix. How many pounds of nuts would need to be added to increase the percentage of nuts to %50.
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Question 932813: A mixture of 10% acid and 90% water is added to a 5 liters of pure acid. The final mixture is 40% water. How many liters of water are in the final mixture
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Question 933056: how many cups is 2/3 cups times 16

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Question 933310: A nurse has 40 ml of a 10% solution of a medicine. How many milliliters of a 5% solution of this medicine must be mixed in order to obtain a mixture that is an 8% solution of this medicine?
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Question 933426: If 20 pounds of buckwheat costs 89 dollars,
how much would 240 pounds of buckwheat cost? US currency.
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Question 933454: How many pints of 20% acid solution and 30% acid solution must be mixed to make 20 pints of 24% acid solution
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Question 933518: How much of an 18% solution of sulfuric acid should be added to 380ml of a 10% solution to obtain a 15% solution?
Please help - I'm totally stumped!
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Question 933541: A scientist has two solutions, which she has labeled Solution A and Solution B. Each contains salt. She knows that Solution A is
70%
salt and Solution B is
95%
salt. She wants to obtain
30
ounces of a mixture that is
80%
salt. How many ounces of each solution should she use?
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Question 933737: how many 1.5 ounce cups can be poured from 18 ounces of punch
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Question 933734: A chemist needs to mix a solution that is 9% iodine with a mixture that is 57% iodine to obtain 800 liters of a mixture that is 40% iodine. How do i solve this problem?
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Question 933698: How many gallons of a 5% salt solution must be mixed with 35 gallons of a 35% solution to obtain a 20% solution
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Question 933636: A pound of tin is worth $1 more than a pound of copper.four pounds of tin are mixed with 6 pounds of copper to make bronze that sells for 4.15 per pound .how much is a pound of tin worth ?
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Question 933802: How many ounces of pure bran flakes must be added to 70oz of cereal that is 50% bran flakes, to produce a mixture that is 65% bran flakes?
This is how I have set it up, but answer key says something else
(70+x).65=35
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Question 933774: A chemist needs 160 milliliters of 49% solution but has only 29% and 93% solutions available. Find how many milliliters of each that should be mixed to get the desired solution.
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Question 933845: bag is 20 oz it cost $8.00 how much a oz
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Question 934096: judy produces 3 times as many units as mary. Judy is paid $2.10 per unit, Which is 50% of marys pay rate per unit. Together their gross pay is $3,150. How many units did Judy and mary each produce and how much did they individually earn
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Question 934126: Rubbing alcohol is sold in two concentrations : 40% and 60%. If eight litres are mixed together, producing a 55% concentration, how many litres of each strength are used?
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Question 934127: How much 1% boric acid solution and 6% boric acid solution have to be mixed to obtain 30 ml of 3% boric acid solution?

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Question 934086: 52 inch tv cost 1,995 which was 5% less than the year before, how much was it the year before
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Question 934141: If you wish to increase the percent of acid in 60 mL of a 25% acid solution in water to 35% acid, how much pure acid must you add?
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Question 934141: If you wish to increase the percent of acid in 60 mL of a 25% acid solution in water to 35% acid, how much pure acid must you add?
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Question 934168: A chef is using a mixture of two brands of Italian dressing. The first brand contains
10%
vinegar, and the second brand contains
14%
vinegar. The chef wants to make
220
milliliters of a dressing that is
11%
vinegar. How much of each brand should she use?
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Question 934170: how many gallons of a 70% alcohol solution must be mixed with 30 gallons of a 12% solution to obtain a solution that is 60% alcohol?

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Question 934174: 12gal=___cups
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Question 934243: I have an unlimited supply of 80% alcohol solution and 95% alcohol solution. How much of each do I need to make 10 liters of 90% solution?
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Question 934398: How many gallons of gasoline that is 12% ethanol must be added to 2,000 gallons of gasoline with no ethanol to get a mixture that is 10% ethanol.
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Question 934599: A wild birdseed mix is made by combining 100 lb of millet seed costing $0.50 per pound with sunflower seeds costing $1.10 per pound. How many pounds of sunflower seeds are needed to make a mixture that costs $0.62 per pound?
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Question 934563: Find the cost per ounce of a mixture of 210 oz of a cologne that costs $8.00 per ounce and 490 oz of a cologne that costs $5.00 per ounce.
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Question 934752: During the regular basketball season a player of a certainteam scored 399 points in 28 games. Express as a mixed number in simplified form how many points the player average per game
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Question 934739: An alloy is a mixture of metals. Suppose that a certain alloy is made by mixing 100 grams of an alloy containing 35% copper with 60 grams of an alloy containing 55% copper. How many grams of copper are in the resulting mixture? What percentage of the resulting mixture is copper?
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Question 934922: snackbar cost $2.00 sale price $1.70 how many percent saved,how many percent paid
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