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Question 936247: Perry has 5/6 pounds of trail mix. He wants to pour the trail mix into bags that hold 1/9 pounds of trail mix.
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Question 936523: Jemima what's to make chocolate chip walnut brownies. Chocolate chips come in a 12 ounce bag that costs $3. Walnuts come in a 4 ounce bag that costs $2. If Jemima needs 3 pounds of chocolate chips and walnuts combined, and has $15 to spend, how many bags of each can she buy?
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Question 936496: Manny bought 12 pounds of vegetables at the supermarket. 75 of the vegetables were on sale. how many pounds of vegetables were not on sale?
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Question 936563: I would really appreciate if you could help me understand how to do this problem. A candy mix sells for $2.20 per kilogram. It contains chocolates worth $1.80 per kilogram and other candy worth $3.00 per kilogram. How much of each are in the 15 kilograms of the mixture?
Thank you
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Question 936573: A candy mix sells for $2.20 per kilogram. It contains chocolates worth $1.80 per kilogram and other candy worth $3.00 per kilogram. How much of each are in the 15 kilograms of the mixture?
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Question 936574: A candy mix sells for $2.20 per kilogram. It contains chocolates worth $1.80 per kilogram and other candy worth $3.00 per kilogram. How much of each are in the 15 kilograms of the mixture?
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Question 936652: How many liters of a 10% solution of acid should be mixed with 60% solution of acid to obtain 20 liters of 50% solution.

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Question 936795: Write the expression as the logarithm of a single number or expression with a coefficient of 1. Assume all variables represent positive numbers.
ln (10x + 3) + ln (x + 7)
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Question 936976: How many ounces of pure acid should be added to 35 oz of 40% acid to make 70% acid solution?
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Question 936976: How many ounces of pure acid should be added to 35 oz of 40% acid to make 70% acid solution?
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Question 936992: $2.50 per 250 g what will 1 kg costs
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Question 937036: At a certain college, the ratio of men to women is 5 to 4. if there are 2800 men, how many women
are there?
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Question 937230: If i use 0.14 ml per day, how many days will it take me to use 100 ml?
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Question 937446: how many fl. oz. of a 20% acid solution must be mixed with 9 fl. oz. of a 40% acid solution to make a 35% solution
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Question 937414: A nut mixture contains 15 lb of peanuts and 9 lb of cashews. Write the ratio in lowest terms of cashews to peanuts
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Question 937361: Faith mixes 14 liters of 12% acid solution with a 30% acid solution to make an 18% acid solution. How many liters of 30% solution did she use?
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Question 937330: At a sandwich shop, 6 sandwiches and 2 sodas cost the same as 5 sandwiches and 5 sodas. A sandwich costs $4.50. How much does 1 drink cost?
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Question 937551: How much water must be mixed with 5 pints of a solution that is 90% developer to produce mixture that is 13% developer
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Question 937592: I'm trying to make a mixed drink, called a johnny jump up. Its 15 oz . 14 oz of 20% alcohol cider... and 1 oz of Jameson.
But the issue is I don't have a 20% cider. I have a 50% alcohol apple jack and 5% alcohol angry orchard. What is the formula to mix these two liquors to come up with a solution that is roughly 20% in alcohol in mixture?
Thank you from a amateur mixologist who is racking his brain to try and figure out the math he forgot in school.
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Question 937607: Hello ma'am/sir, My name's Amanite and I've been having a hard time solving chemistry problems such as this... Please help me maam/sir and thanks in advance...
A chemist has a solution that is 50 percent acid. By adding water, the solution is reduced to one containing 40 percent acid. By adding 500 cubic centimeter more water, the solution then contains 35 percent acid. Determine: (a) how many cubic centimeters of the 50 percent acid solution the chemist had originally and (b) how many cubic centimeters of the 35 percent acid solution the chemist had finally.
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Question 937664: =a+{b+(a-b)-b+(a+b)}
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Question 937738: A metal alloy weighing 9 lb. and containing 75% copper is melted and mixed with 11 lb. of a different alloy which contains 15% copper. What percent of the resulting alloy is copper?
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Question 937860: One hundred liters of a salt and water solution contains 1% salt. After some of the water has evaporated, the solution contains 5% salt. How many liters of water evaporated?
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Question 937863: Consider any positive three-digit integer that has all of its digits distinct and none equal to zero. What is the largest possible difference between such and integer and any integer that results from rearranging its digits?
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Question 937966: You have to solutions. A 5% saline solution and a 20% saline solution. You have to mix them together to make 90 mL of 10% saline solution. How much of each solution do you need
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Question 938143: How many pounds of walnuts (cost: $7.60 per pound) must be mixed with 6 pounds of cashews (cost: $12 per pound) to make a mixture of nuts that costs $9.25 per pound
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Question 938234: Please help me solve this word problem: A confectioner melts together two different kinds of chocolate to try out a new recipe. She uses 4 ounces of chocolate that's 50% cocoa, and 6 ounces of another chocolate that's 80% cocoa. How many ounces is in the mix?
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Question 938270: Please help me solve this problem:
1) A jazz lounge holds 90 seats. A promoter plans to set up 35 VIP seats at $50 each and the rest at $30 each. How much is the total ticket revenue if the lounge is sold out?
2) A confectioner melts together two different kinds of chocolate to try out a new recipe. She uses 4 ounces of chocolate that's 50% cocoa, and 6 ounces of another chocolate that's 80% cocoa. How many ounces of pure cocoa is in the mix?
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Question 938216: Anika is making nut mixture to sell at a local farmers market. She mixes 4 pounds of peanuts with a nut mixture that is 55% peanuts. The resulting mixture is 70% peanuts .how many pounds of nut mixture does she make?
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Question 938317: Of 24 pounds of salt water, 12% is salt. In order to have a solution that shall contain 4% salt, how many pounds of pure water must be added ?
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Question 938602: it costs a restaurant owner $0.28 per glass of orange juice, which sells $1.75 per glass. how many glasses of orange juice must the owner sell to make a profit of $2058
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Question 938632: Suppose the weather is turning colder. How much pure antifreeze must be added to 4.5 gallons of a 30% antifreeze solution to obtain a 40% antifreeze solution?
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Question 938599: it costs a restaurant owner $0.28 per glass of orange juice, which sells $1.75 per glass. how many glasses of orange juice must the owner sell to make a profit of $2058.
please help me solve this!
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Question 938712: If I walk 50,000 square feet 4 times does that equal a mile?
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Question 938694: Jenny has 60 grapes she wants 40 percent hoq much will she use

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Question 938728: Suppose you have 23 girls and 23 boys in a classroom. You put each of their names on a piece of paper and put the papers in a hat.
Without looking, how many names would you need to pull out of the hat to be sure you get either two boys or two girls?
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Question 938979: A coin bank contains $17.00 in pennies and nickels. If there are 1140 coins in the bank, how many of them are nickels?
PLEASE ANSWER ASAP THIS IS DUE TONIGHT
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Question 939057: A salt solution of 15 l contains 20% salt,how much water you must add to salt solution in order to dilute it to 15% salt?
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Question 939122: How much water would you mix in a 1 gallon ,30% hydrochloric acid to have a 15% mixture of acid?
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Question 939204: A chemist has a solution of 65% pure acid and another solution of 30% pure acid. How many gallons of each will make 350 gallons of 55% pure acid solution?
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Question 939224: a pharmacist has 700ml of a solution that is 70% active ingredient. how much pure water should she add to the solution to get a solution that is 10% active ingredient?
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Question 939203: To reduce 56 grams of a 70% antiseptic solution to a 20% solution, how much distilled water should a pharmacist add?

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Question 939303: A hospital staff mixed a 75% disinfectant solution with a 25% disinfectant solution. How many liters of each were used to make 20 L of a 40% disinfectant solution?

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