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Question 1001957: Candy is dandy has 200 bags of supersized lollipops.each bag contains 25 lollipops how many lollipops do they have
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Question 1001958: The owner of a spice shop mixes oregano costing $4.00 per ounce with basil costing $2.40 per ounce. How many ounces of each are needed to produce 8 ounces of a mixture costing $3.00 per ounce?
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Question 1002014: How many liters of a 60% acid solution must be mixed with a75% acid solution to get 20 L of a 72% solution?
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Question 1002017: Okay, so I'm working on Aleks, and they all of the sudden switched the problems I was working on and didn't give me an example on how to solve questions like these. I'm completely lost and stuck while trying to figure this out. Could someone please explain to me how I solve these types of questions?
Two factory plants are making TV panels. Yesterday, Plant A produced twice as many panels as Plant B. Four percent of the panels from Plant A and 3%of the panels from Plant B were defective. How many panels did Plant B produce, if the two plants together produced 660 defective panels?
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Question 1002036: Please help me solve this! Thank you in advance:
How much water should be added to 10mL of a 10% acid solution to make it a 5% solution?
.10(10) = .05(10+x) this is the equation that i tried for please help if not right!

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Question 1002144: Double chocolate peanut bars are sold in boxes of 12.the company has 7332 bars.how many boxes will they need to package all of these bars
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Question 1002191: A chemist needs 1000 mL of a solution that is 40% acid. He has one solution that is 10% acid, and a second solution that is 60% acid. How much of each solution should be mixed together?
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Question 1002216: What is not a better buy than a bag of 12 apples for $5.50
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Question 1002174: In what ratio must 60 increased to 75 ?

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Question 1002267: How much of 100% basil must be added to 20% blend to equal 16 ounces of 30% blend. Need equation if B equal amount of 100% basil.
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Question 1002373: A car radiator needs a 40% antifreeze solution. The radiator now holds 21 liters of a 10% solution. How many liters of this should be drained and replaced with 100% antifreeze to get the desired strength?
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Question 1002455: Two metal alloys containing 6% zinc and 16% zinc are mixed together. How much of each is needed to get 150kg of a 14% zinc alloy?
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Question 1002516: A jeweler is commissioned to create a piece that will weigh 14oz. And consist of 75% gold. Two alloys are available that are 60% and 80% gold respectively. How much of each alloy should be used?
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Question 1002772: Hi, I've been stuck on this problem for a while. If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it!
A solution contains 12 milliliters of alcohol and 15 milliliters of water. If another solution is to have the same concentration of alcohol in water but is to contain 25 milliliters of water, how much alcohol must it contain?
Thanks so much!
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Question 1002941: If you were supposed to use a disinfectant solution in a1 to 40 ratio of concentrate to water how much concentrate should you add to 5 liters of water
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Question 1003094: How much water must be added to 10 liters of a 10% salt water solution in order to decrease its concentration to 1%?
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Question 1003165: pure milk contains 89% of water.How much water has been added to pure milk to form a sample of 22 litre milk containing 90% water.
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Question 1003179: How many mL of 0,160M aqueous solution of KOH must be taken to obtain .0957 gr of salt? this is a chemistry question. do I find molarity first then go backwards or what I need the correct formula to solve.
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Question 1003277: Translate 39% of 76 to proportion

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Question 1003290: can you help me with my rational word problems homework?
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Question 1003342: 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
110
ounces of a mixture that is
25%
salt. How many ounces of each solution should she use?
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Question 1003388: find how much water to add to a 360cm^3 of a 24% solution to give a 12% solution
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Question 1003650: How much water must be mixed with 4 pints of a solution that is 90% developer to product a mixture that is 21% developer?
Options
13 1/7 pt
13 1/3 pt
16 20/21 pt
17 1/7 pt
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Question 1003662: A solution of 60% vinegar is to be mixed with a solution of 25% vinegar to form 245 liters of a 43% solution. How many liters of the 60% solution must be used?
176 liters
136 liters
142 liters
126 liters
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Question 1003661: A solution of 58% pesticide is to be mixed with a solution of 31% pesticide to form 324 liters of a 45% solution. How many liters of the 58% solution must be used?
Options:
168 liters
158 liters
251 liters
223 liters
Thank you.
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Question 1003698: How much water must be mixed with pints of solution that is 60% developer to produce a mixture that is 18% developer?
14 pt
19 2/3 pt
20 pt
14/1/3 pt
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Question 1003660: How much water must be mixed with 6 pints of a solution that is 60% developer to produce a mixture that is 18% developer?
Options
14 pt
19 2/3 pt
20 pt
14 1/3 pt
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Question 1003857: How many grams of a gold alloy that cost $4.00 per gram must be mixed with 30g of a gold alloy that cost $7.00 per gram to make an alloy costing $5.00 per gram?
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Question 1003911: You have 10 liters of a juice blend that is 60% juice. You add A liters of pure juice, And create a mixture that is p percent juice. Write an equation for P in terms of A.
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Question 1003925: find the percent concentration when 20 g of sugar is mixed in 60 g of water .how many more grams of sugar has to be added to make it 40 percent solution ?
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Question 1004029: a college student earned $8900 during the summer. the student invested part of the money at 9% and the rest at 6% if the student received a total of $654 in intrest at the end of the year, how much was invested at 9%
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Question 1004400: Roberto invested some money at 2.5% and then invested $3000 more than twice this amount at 3%. His total annual income from the two investments was $1325. Find the amount invested at 1.75%
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Question 1004563: How many gallons of 20% antifreeze should be mixed with 10 gallons of 92% antifreeze to obtain a 65% antifreeze mixture?
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Question 1004587: 100 liters of a 50% solution is obtained by mixing a 60% solution with a 20% solution. How many liters of each solution must be used to obtain the desired mixture?
Use linear equations please.. :)
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Question 1004570: You need to prepare a 47 mL of a 24% syrup/soda "prescription" . To do this, you can use the 80% syrup solution and the 10% soda solution that you have in stick. How many mL of each solution do you need to create this final solution?
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Question 1004755: I have a quiz tomorrow and this is a problem on my homework, I could really use some help!
A chemist has a 60% acid solution and a 20% acid solution. How many millimeters of each should be used to make 140ml of a 35% acid solution? Let x represent the number of ml of the 60% acid solution.
Thanks so much!!
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Question 1004786: Maisha went to Berkeley Bowl and spent $9.20 on 6 mangos and 5 oranges. Talida stopped at Berkeley Bowl on the same day and paid $7.60 for 3 mangos 10 oranges. Show how to use equations to figure out the prices for mangos and oranges that day at Berkeley Bowl.
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Question 1004911: A 12 quart coolong system is tested and found with a 60% antifreeze solution. The ideal mixture should be a 50% antifreeze solution. How many quarts of solution need to be drained and replaced with pure water to reach the ideal mixture?
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Question 1004907: A storage tank contains 120 Litera of fuel which is 3% oil (97%) gasoline. How many Liters of oil should be added for use in an engine that requires a 10% oil mixture?
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Question 1004980: How many liters of 10% alcohol solution and 5% alcohol solution must be mixed to get 40 liters of 8%?

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Question 1004980: How many liters of 10% alcohol solution and 5% alcohol solution must be mixed to get 40 liters of 8%?

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