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Question 989340: How many quarts of pure antifreeze must be added to 8 quarts of a 10% antifreeze solution to obtain a 20% antifreeze solution?

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Question 989340: How many quarts of pure antifreeze must be added to 8 quarts of a 10% antifreeze solution to obtain a 20% antifreeze solution?

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Question 989357: How many cups are pure water should be mixed with 8.5 cup of an 80% acid solution to dilute it into a 2% acid solution
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Question 987996: Gold and copper are heavier than water by 19 and 9 times respectively. In what proportion should they be mixed to form an alloy so that it will be heavier than water by 12 times?

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Question 989494: A 6 litre of lemonade contains 1.6 litres of lemon juice and the rest is water.How much lemon juice does a 1.5 litre bottle of lemonade contain?
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Question 989625: Suppose you want to use a 100-mL beaker to fill a 2.5-L bucket with water. How
many times will you have to fill your beaker?
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Question 989797: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $1.49 per pund and walnuts that cost $2.69 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that costs $2.21 per pound. How much of each kind of nut did the grocer put into the mixture.
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Question 989819: The sum of x and y decreased by their product
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Question 989908: how many gal. of a 90% sugar solution must be mixed with 3 gal. of a 60% sugar solution to make a 81% solution
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Question 989912: How much of a 10% die solution should be added to 4 cups of a 20% die solution to get a 15% die solution
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Question 990028: determine the number of milliliters of a 70% sulfuric acid solution that must be added to 160 milliliters of a 25% solution to make a 30% solution
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Question 990077: A nut store normally sells cashews for $9.00 per pound and almonds for $3.50 per pound. But at the end of the month the almonds had not sold well, so in order to sell 60 pounds of almonds, the manager decided to mix the 60 pounds of almonds with some cashews and sell the mixture for $7.50 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixed with the almonds to ensure no change in the profit?
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Question 990089: How many liters of a 80% acid solution must be added to 12 liters of a 25% acid solution to produce a 47% acid solution?
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Question 990190: At the store a 32 ounce bottle of apple juice cost $4.50 how much does it cost per ounce?
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Question 990201: How many liters of a 20% acid solution must be mixed with a 50 % acid solution in order to obtain 12 liters of a 30% solution?
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Question 990208: You have 480 feet of fencing to enclose A a rectangular garden you want the length of the garden to be 30 feet greater than the width find the length and width of the garden if you use all the fencing
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Question 990262: A goldsmith mixed 10 g of a 60% gold alloy with 40 g of a 15% gold alloy. What is the percent concentration of the resulting alloy? (Round your answer to the nearest percent.)

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Question 990318: Suppose that a chemist is mixing to acid solutions, One of 30% concentration and the other of 40% concentration . Which of the following concentrations could not be obtained?
32%, 35%, 38%, 44%
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Question 990277: Solve by using the strategies for solving application problems.
A jeweler wants to make a silver alloy to be used to make necklaces. How many ounces of a silver alloy that costs $4.50 per ounce should be mixed with one that costs $9.00 per ounce to make a new 40-ounce alloy that costs $8.10 per ounce?
$4.50 grade _________ oz
$9.00 grade _________ oz
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Question 990379: How many pounds of plastic do I need to blend into nylon 66 with 50% glass fiber to reduce the glass fiber to 33%? Volume is by weight. Base on 100 pounds of resin. email Jim@xspoly.com
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Question 990430: How many liters of a pure hydrochloric acid must be added to 50 liters of a solution that is 10% hydrochloric acid to get a solution that is 25% hydrochloric acid?
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Question 990451: She needs 100 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for 4.40 per pound. She plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing 5.00 per pound and a cheaper bean at 3.00 per pound. To the nearest pound find how high quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she should blend
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Question 990480: a chemist has two soltions of H. One has a 40% concentration and the other has a 25% concentration. How many liters of each solution must be mixed to obtain 135 liters of a 37% solution?
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Question 990505: how many bottles of cough syrup can be filled from 17.28 litres of syrup,if one bottle can hold 120 mL of syrup?

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Question 990543: 23% solution is added to 17% solution to get 45 gallons of 20% solution. How much of each should be added?
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Question 990543: 23% solution is added to 17% solution to get 45 gallons of 20% solution. How much of each should be added?
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Question 990545: A new automobile engine can run on a mixture of gasoline and a substitute fuel. If gas costs $3.25 per gallon and the substitute costs 90� per gallon, what percent of a mixture must be substitute to bring the cost down to $3.00 per gallon?
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Question 990547: The product of 15 and a number n is at most 45. What is the largest possible number?
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Question 990522: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $1.43 per pound and walnuts that cost $2.63 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that costs $2.15 per pound. How much of each kind of nut is put into the mixture?
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Question 990669: How much water must be evaporated from 30 gallons of a 7% salt solution to make a 12% salt solution?
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Question 990833: I have been struggling with this word problem and I don't know where to start: What amount of a 50% acid solution must be mixed with a 25% solution to produce 500 mL of a 45% solution?
If you could just help me get started that would be greatly appreciated.
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Question 990877: How many litres of water must be added to 10 litres of 30% alcohol in order to produce 50litres of 10% alcohol?
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Question 990877: How many litres of water must be added to 10 litres of 30% alcohol in order to produce 50litres of 10% alcohol?
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Question 990906: A chemist mixed 18ml of 10% sulfuric acid with water to produce a mixture of 5%. How much was mixed with the acid?
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Question 990906: A chemist mixed 18ml of 10% sulfuric acid with water to produce a mixture of 5%. How much was mixed with the acid?
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Question 990992: how many liters of 20 percent alcohol solution and how many liters of pure alcohol should be mixed to obtain 8 liters of a 70% alcohol solution ?
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Question 991009: How much water should be mixed with an 8% plant fertilizer solution to make a half gal of a 6% plant fertilizer solution?
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Question 991276: How do I set up this word problem? How much 12% acid must be added to 2 gallons of pure water to get a mixture that is 7% acid?
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Question 991251: . Fifteen (15) grams of vinegar will be added to 100 grams of milk. It thickens slightly. What does the solution weigh?
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Question 991275: how many gram are they in 125 grams honey jar in 800 jars

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Question 991357: A merchant blends tea that sells for $3.00 per ounce with tea that sells for $2.75 per ounce to produce 80 ounces of a mixture that sells for $2.90 per ounce. How many ounces of each type of tea does the merchant used in the blend?
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Question 991366: A granite block has dimensions:
12mx 6.4cm x 0.2cm
(Change others into metres)
12m x 0.064m x 0.002m
What is the volume in Si units?
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Question 991366: A granite block has dimensions:
12mx 6.4cm x 0.2cm
(Change others into metres)
12m x 0.064m x 0.002m
What is the volume in Si units?
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Question 991363: How many pounds of 80 cent nuts and how many pounds of 50 cent nuts must a dealer use to produce a mixture of 90 pounds to sell at 75 cents per pound?
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