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Question 1039170: 160 litre mixture of milk and water ,%of water is only 30%.the milkman gave 40 litres of this mixture to a customer and then added some litres of water to remaining mixture.as a result the percentage of water in the final mixture became 44%.what was the quantity of water added by the milkman ?(in litres)
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Question 1039169: In a 160 litre mixture of milk and water ,%of water is only 30%.the milkman gave 40 litres of this mixture to a customer and then added some litres of water to remaining mixture.as a result the percentage of water in the final mixture became 44%.what was the quantity of water added by the milkman ?(in litres)
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Question 1004370: A theater group made appearances in two cities. The hotel charge before tax in the second city was
$500
lower than in the first. The tax in the first city was
4%
, and the tax in the second city was
8%
. The total hotel tax paid for the two cities was
$380
. How much was the hotel charge in each city before tax?
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Question 1039437: terry bought some gum and candy. the number of packages of gum was one more than the number of mints. the number of mints was three the number of candy bars. if gum was 24 cents a package, mints were 10 cwnts each and candy bar were 35 cents each, how many of each did he get for $5.72
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Question 1037298: The local deli purchased sandwich bread for the week. They spent $38.75 on 6 loaves of wheat bread, 7 loaves of white bread and 3 loaves of Italian olive bread. The white bread costs half as much as the wheat bread and 1/4 as much as the Italian olive bread. What is the price of a loaf of white bread?
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Question 1008631: Mr. Johnson ran for mayor in last week's election. In district 12 he received 85% of the vote, and in district 13 he received 42% of the vote. From the two districts he received 10,253 votes. How many voted for Mr. Johnson in each district if a total of 16,460 people voted in the two districts?
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Question 1039676: Please help me solve this problem. This is the last problem on my homework. Its hard for me to solve. I am stuck. Please help.
A chemist has two solutions of HCl. One has a 40% concentration and the other has a 25% concentration. How many liters of each solution must be mixed to obtain 93 liters of a 26% solution?
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Question 1039677: Hello.
I would like some help solving this word problem. I'm really stuck. Can someone please help?
A chemist has two solutions of HCl. One has a 40% concentration and the other has a 25% concentration. How many liters of each solution must be mixed to obtain 93 liters of a 26% solution?
Thank you in advance!!!
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Question 1039778: Hi can someone please help me.
If 6 is subtracted from the third of three consecutive odd integers and the result is multiplied by 2, the answer is 23 less than the sum of the first and twice the second of the integers. Find the integers.
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Question 1039829: Hi can someone please help
From a point on a straight road, Chris and Elena ride bicycles in the same direction. Chris rides at 10 mph and Elena rides at 14 mph. In how many hours will they be 30 mi apart?
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Question 1039834: Can someone please help me with this word problem
From a point on a straight road, Chris and Elena ride bicycles in the same direction. Chris rides at 10 mph and Elena rides at 14 mph. In how many hours will they be 30 mi apart?
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Question 1039834: Can someone please help me with this word problem
From a point on a straight road, Chris and Elena ride bicycles in the same direction. Chris rides at 10 mph and Elena rides at 14 mph. In how many hours will they be 30 mi apart?
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Question 1039853: A Pesticide applicator needs to have 100 gallons of a pesticide solution with 8% copper. He has several barrels in his shop containing copper solutions; one is a 2% solution and the other is a 9% solution. How many gallons of each will be required to obtain 100 gallons of an 8% copper solution?
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Question 1039977: white chocolate powder worth 4 pesos and 10 cents per pound is to be mixed with the black chocolate powder worth 4 pesos and 90 cents per pound.How many pound of white and black chocolate should used to obtain 25 pounds of blended chocolate worth 4 pesos and 40 cents per pound.
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Question 1039989: Hello,
I need help with the following math problem:
A liter of liquid contains 1% salt. How many liters of pure water must be added to make the new solution only 0.25% salt?
I tried solving it by creating an equation: 
Thank you,
Nicole
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Question 1040038: A metallurgist has one alloy containing 49% copper and another containing 62% copper. How many pounds of each alloy must he use to make 51 pounds of a third alloy containing 56% copper? (Round to two decimal places if necessary.)
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Question 1008633: Concrete is made of cement, and aggregate (sand and gravel). Aggregate should make up 75% of the total mass of concrete. If you have a concrete mix that is 60% aggregate, how many kilograms of this mix and how many kilograms of aggregate should be combined to form 48 kilograms of the concrete mix with the proper percentage of aggregate?
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Question 1040269: The telephone company offers two types of service with plan A you can make an unlimited number of a local calls per month for $18.50 with Plan B you pay $6.50 monthly Plus $0.10 for each minute of calls after the first 40 minutes at least how many minutes would you have to use the telephone each month to make Plan A the better option? Please help I don't know how to set this up I'm not good at solving word problems.
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