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Question 974585: how many ML of 20% acid solution should be mixed with 50% ml of an 8% solution to obtain an 18% acid solution?
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Question 974595: a pharmacist needs to strengthen 15% alcohol solution to one of 32% alcohol. How many pure alcohol should be added to 400ml to the solution?

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Question 974594: how much water to be added to 150 kg material to lower the density from 1.85 g/cc to 1.77 g/cc?
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Question 974628: A parts manufacturer has 40 kg of a copper and zinc alloy which contains 8 kg of zinc. Find the amount of copper which must be added if the manufacturer requires a new alloy containing 10% zinc.
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Question 974892: A cleaner needs 10 liters of 40% acid solution. Only 25% and 50% solutions are available. How much of each solution should be mixed?
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Question 974951: River's chemistry class is doing an experiment in which the students create a 30% hydrochloric acid mixture by mixing a certain amount of 25% solution with a different amount of 50% solution. The amount of 25% solution used is 20 liters less than 5 times the amount of 50% solution used. How much of the 25% solution amd the 50% solution are needed in all?
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Question 974961: 2. A mixture contains 6 kg sand and 4 kg of cement. How much cement must be added to kema a mixture that is 70% cement?

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Question 974991: A chemist has two solutions of HCl. One has a 40% concentration and the other has 25% concentration. How many liters of each solution must be mixed to obtain 56 liters of a 36% solution?
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Question 974996: two acid solutions are available. One has a concentration of 20% acid and another that is 45% acid. How much of each acid must be mixed to obtain a 9L acid solution of 30% concentration?
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Question 974999: If Kate earns $16 interest in an investment of $425, find the variation equation for I
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Question 970580: A certain paint is to be mixed with 3 parts yellow to 2 parts blue. Twelve gallons of mixed paint are needed. How many gallons of blue must be used?
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Question 969446: SOLVE THE WORD PROBLEM. NEED TO USE 2 LET STATEMENTS.
A chemist has 6% and 15% solutions of sulfuric acid. How much of each solution should she mix to get 10 liters of a 9% solution?
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Question 969103: Ms. Folgers has some coffee that sells for $4 per pound and a second coffee that sells for $8 per pound. She
wants to mix the two coffees to make 50 pounds of coffee that will sell for $5.60 per pound. How many
pounds of each coffee should she use?
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Question 968929: Pure acid is to be added to a 20 percent acid solution to obtain 48 L of a 40 percent acid solution. What amounts of each should be used?
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Question 975110: A chef is using a mixture of two brands of Italian dressing. The first brand contains 6% vinegar, and the second brand contains 11% vinegar. The chef wants to make 390 milliliters of a dressing that is 7% vinegar. How much of each brand should she use?
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Question 975113: 40% of a particular oil yields how many drops? Thanks.

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Question 975573: Use the four-step procedure to solve the following problem. How much water must be added to a gallon of 10% saline solution to create a 2% solution?
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Question 975710: How many gallons of a 60% solution of nitric acid should be added to 10 gallons of a 30% solution to obtain a 50% solution of the acid?
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Question 975758: What is 71% taken away from the amount 1,531.00:
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Question 976071: what quantity of water should be taken out to concentrate 65 litres of 54% acidic liquid to 78% acidic liquid
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Question 976255: You need a 80% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 75 mL of a 50% alcohol mixture. You also have 85% alcohol mixture. How much of the 85% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?
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Question 976380: how many grams of pure acid (100% acid) and how many grams of a 40% solution should be mixed together to get a total of 30 gram of a 60% solution?
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Question 976378: a dairy man wants to mix a 35% protein supplement and a standard 15% protein ration to make 1800 pounds of a high-grade 20% protein ration. How many pound of each should he use?

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Question 976463: How do I solve this word problem: A student needs 10% hydrochloric acid for a chemistry experiment. How much 3% acid should be mixed with 140ml of 20% acid to get a 10% solution?
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Question 976681: How many ounces of a 25% alcohol solution must be mixed with 10 ounces of a 30% solution to make a 26% alcohol solution
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Question 976785: A scientist has two solutions, which she has labeled Solution A and Solution B. Each contains salt. She knows that Solution A is 20% salt and Solution B is
45% salt. She wants to obtain 150 ounces of a mixture that is 35% salt. How many ounces of each solution should she use?
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Question 976855: An automobile radiator holds 16 liters of fluid. There is currently a mixture in the radiator that is 80% antifreeze and 20% water. How much of the mixture should be drained and reduced by pure antifreeze so that the resulting mixture is 90 % antifreeze?
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Question 976856: a 16 ounce bottle of spring water is $2.08. a 20 ounce bottle of fresh water is $2.40. which statement about the unit prices is true?
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Question 976880: A Chemist wants to make a 10% solution of fertilizer. How much water and how much of a 30% soltution should the chemist mix to get 30 L of a 10% solution?
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Question 976889: a solution of 150 litres contains 40% alcohol. how many litres of liquid should be added to reduce the alcohol percentage to 25%?
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Question 977020: How would I divided 2.2 into 125
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Question 977103: Is it possible to prepare mixtures that are 10% acid and 75% acid using only the concentrations given: (15%, 35%, 55%)
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Question 977347: Amisha calls for 75 percent pure water and 25% Juice how many gallons of water would you at 16 gallons of juice
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Question 977417: If 50 ml treats 1000 gallons how much is needed to treat 608 gallons

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Question 977453: If I have a 300 gallon spa and add 6 oz of 7.5% hydrogen peroxide solution what is the final % of hydrogen peroxide when mixed?
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Question 977492: a laboratory has a solution that contains 3 ounces of benzalkonium chloride. if this is 15% of the total solution, how many ounces of solution does the lab have ? THANK YOU !
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Question 977490: You poured some 6% alcohol solution and some 10% alcohol solution into a mixing container. Now you have 600 grams of 8.8% alcohol solution. How many grams of 6% solution and how many grams of 10% solution did you pour into the mixing container?
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Question 977523: How many ounces of the two alcohol solutions must be mixed to obtain 82 ounces of a 13.9% solution?
_____ ounces of 8% solution
_____ ounces of 15% solution
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Question 977563: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $1.49 per pound and walnuts that cost $2.69 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that cost $2.21 per pound.How much of each kind of nut is put into the mixture?
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Question 977631: A company sells Apple Cherry Mix.They make large batches of the mix that can be to fill 250 bags each.Determine how many kilograms of each ingredient should be used to make one batch of apple cherry mix.Then decide how much the company should charge for each bag of apple cherry mix,and explaine how you made your decision.
IMPORTANT FACTS
INGREDIENTS IN APPLE CHERRY MIX(1BAG)
-3/4 kilograms of dried apples
-1/2 kilograms of dried cherries
-1/4 kilogramd walnuts
COST OF INGREDIENTS
-Dried apples :70.00 pesos per kilograms
-Dried cherries :180 pesos per kilograms
-Walnuts :160 pesos per kilograms
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Question 977635: how many milliliters of pure water should a pharmacist add to 50 ml of a 15% minoxidil solution to make a 10% minoxidil solution?
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