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Question 1005052: how many liters of a 60 acid solution must be mixed with 15% acid solution to get 360 l of a 50% acid solution
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Question 1005175: how many litres of water must be added to a 100 litre container of orange juice that 20% water to produce a mixture that is 1/3 water
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Question 1005187: How many liters of a 20% acid solution should be mixed with 30 liters of 50% acid solution in order to obtain a 40% solution.
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Question 1005187: How many liters of a 20% acid solution should be mixed with 30 liters of 50% acid solution in order to obtain a 40% solution.
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Question 1005194: A radiator holds 16 quarts is full of a 10% antirust solution. How much of this solution must be drawn off and replaced with pure antirust so that the contents will be 35% antirust?

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Question 1005196: A 200 ml shampoo with 80% cleansing power its to be diluted with water. This is done by drawing out some amount and replacing it with water. Agnes wants a mild shampoo of 60% cleansing power. How much must she draw off and replace?

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Question 1005199: There are 2 vats of milk, one counting 25% protein and the other 40% protein. These two are to be mixed in order to get 12 liters of a 35% protein content milk. How many liters of each must be used?
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Question 1005200: How much water must be evaporated from a 20 liter 32% salt solution if the desired concentration is 50%?
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Question 1005197: In the chemistry lab, Efren mixed salt and water to produced 4 liters of a 50% solution. He wanted to know how many liters he will have to evaporate so that he gets a 75% solution?
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Question 1005255: A 200 ml shampoo with 80% cleansing power is to be diluted with water. This is done by drawing out some amount and replacing it with water. Agnes wants a mild shampoo of 60% cleansing power. How much must she draw off and replace?
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Question 1005271: A radiator that holds 16 quarts is full of a 10% antirust solution. How much of this solution must be drawn off and replaced with pure antirust so that the contents will be 35% antirust?
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Question 1005263: A chemist student wants to mix an 18% acid solution with a 45% acid solution to get 16 L of a 36% acid solution. How many liters of the 45% solution should be mixed?
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Question 1005270: Solution XRD is one half sulfur acid while QXJ is 3/4 sulfur acid. How many liters of solution QXJ should be added to a liter of solution XRD to obtain a solution that is 3/5 sulfur acid?
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Question 1005313: How many quarts of peanut oil worth 19 cents a quart must be mixed with 100 quarts worth 25 cents a quart to produce a mixture which will sell for 24 cents a quart?
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Question 1005269: A boy has a liter of 95% octane gas. He wanted to increase the concentration to 96% octane so that his motorbike would run better. How much of pure octane gas should he add?
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Question 1005331: A storekeeper wishes to sell 100 pounds of mixed nuts for $1.75 a pound. He mixes peanuts worth $1.65 a pound with cashews worth $1.90 a pound. How many pounds of each does he use?
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Question 1005253: There are 2 vats of milk, one containing 25% protein and the other 40% protein. These two are to be mixed in order to get 12 liters of a 35% protein content milk. How many liters of each must be used?
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Question 1005264: In a PTA fund raising activity, couples who came where charge P400.00. However if only one parent came, he was charged P250.00. 59 people attended the activity and P12,150.00 was raised. How many couples attended?

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Question 1005836: if I have 225L of 12% alc how many L of 80%alc do I need to bring the 225L to a 20%alc by volume
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Question 1005908: A chemist wants to mix 10% alcohol solution and a 30% alcohol solution to make a 22% alcohol solution. How many ounces of each solution must be mixed to make 10 ounces of 22% solution

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Question 1005927: How many liters of a 20% saline solution and how many of a 10% saline solution must be mixed to produce 20 liters of a 15% saline solution?
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Question 1006017: How many liters of a 70% acid solution must be mixed with a 25% acid solution to get 315 L of a 60% acid solution?
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Question 1006265: 1) 7 fl. oz. of a 70% sugar solution was mixed with 3 fl. oz. of pure water. Find the concentration of the new mixture.
2) A metal alloy weighing 12 lb. and containing 4% silver is melted and mixed with 4 lb, of a different alloy which contains 28% silver. What % of the resulting alloy is silver?
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Question 1006432: jack wants to mix a 70% acid solution with 20% acid solution to get 80 liters of 50% solution. How much does he need of each solution?
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Question 1006423: A Chemist has 100g of 25% acid solution. How much of these solution he needs to drain and replaced with 70% acid solution to obtain 100g of 60% acid solution?
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Question 1006468: how many liters of water must be added to 70 liters of an 85 alcohol solution to reduce its 50% alcohol solution
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Question 1006495: There are two acid solution. one is 90% pure another is 94% pure. How many litres of each should be mixed to get 24 litres of 94% pure solution
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Question 1006617: IF 3 IS ADDED TO A NUMBER AND THE SQUARE IS TAKEN IT WILL BE EQUAL TO 24
CALCULATE THE VALUE OF THE NUMBER
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Question 1006674: How much water must be added to 200 liters of mixture which is 80 percent alcohol to reduce it to a 75 percent mixture ?
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Question 1006734: How many liters of pure alcohol must be added to 7 liters of a 84% solution of alcohol to make a 93% solution?
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Question 1006776: How many ounces of a 19 percent alc solution and a 37 percent solution must be combined to obtain 90 ounces of a 24 percent solution
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Question 1006767: a metallurgist has an alloy containing 26% aluminum and another containing 56% aluminum. how many pounds of each alloy must he use to make 48 pounds of a third alloy containing 51% aluminum?
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Question 1006787: mixture of 3% disinfectant solution is to be made from 7% and 2% disinfectant solutions. How much of each solution should be used if 25 gallons of 3% solution are needed?
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Question 1006756: Pure silver is added to an 18% silver alloy to produce 20 ounces of an alloy that is 20% silver. Find how much pure silver was used.
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Question 1006844: How much 25% salt solution must be added to 42cc of 10% salt solution to create a 20% salt solution

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Question 1006777: How many liters of a 12% salt solution must be mixed with 15 liters of a 44% salt solution to obtain a 20% salt solution?
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Question 1007013: A metal worker has a metal alloy that is 30% copper and another alloy that is 70% copper how many kilograms of each Alloway should the metalwork are combined to create 90 KG of a 62% copper alloy
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Question 1007134: A Chemist has 35% NaCl solution and 50% NaCl solution. How many liters of each should he mix to get 10L of NaCl solution with 40% base concentration?
Please help with this word problem involving systems of linear equations.

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Question 1007190: how many 15 minim doses obtained from mix containing 1560 minim
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