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Question 1044367: A man has dimes and quarters worth $9.50. If he has 50 coins in all, how many dimes and how many quarters does he have?
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Question 1044373: Mr. Abou-Absi leaves Edmonton traveling north at an average speed of 60 km/h. An hour later Mr. Collins leaves on the same route at 100km/h. How many hours after he left, did Mr. Collins overtake Mr. Abou-Absi?
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Question 1044621: An alloy is a mixture of metals. Suppose that a certain alloy is made by mixing
100
grams of an alloy that contains
28%
copper with
28
grams of pure copper.
Answer the questions below. Do not do any rounding.
How many grams of copper are in the resulting mixture?
what percentage of the resulting mixture is copper?
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Question 1044753: 2 fl.oz. of a 78% alcohol solution was mixed with 11 fl.oz. of pure water . Find the concentration of the new mixture?
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Question 1044953: How many lb of copper which costs $2/lb must be added to 3 lb of tin which costs $8/lb to make bronze which costs $4/lb?
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Question 1044961: The pressure exerted by a certain liquid at a given point varies directly as the depth of the point beneath the surface of the liquid. The pressure at 60 feet is 25 pounds per square inch. What is the pressure at 150 feet?
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Question 1044949: Jaiden wants to make a 20% saline solution. She had already poured 9 fl. oz. of pure water into a beaker. How many fl. oz. of a 50% saline solution must she add to this to create the desired mixture?
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Question 1044952: How much clay do you need to add to 4 cubic yards of soil with 40% clay in order to make a soil with 60% clay?
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Question 1044954: Anjali mixed together 5 gal. Of Brand A fruit drink and 10 gal. Of Brand B fruit drink which contains 55% fruit juice. Find the percent of fruit juice in Brand A if the mixture contained 40% fruit juice.
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Question 1044950: Arjun wants to make a 42% saline solution. He has already poured 8 gal. Of a 20% saline solution into a beaker. How many gal. of a 86% saline solution must he add to this to create the desired mixture?
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Question 1045066: How many quarts of pure antifreeze must be added to 2 quarts of a 10% antifreeze solution to obtain a 20% antifreeze solution?
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Question 1045139: 5 oz. of a 2% alcohol solution was mixed with 11 oz. of a 66% alcohol solution. Find the concentration of the new mixture
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Question 1045139: 5 oz. of a 2% alcohol solution was mixed with 11 oz. of a 66% alcohol solution. Find the concentration of the new mixture
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Question 1045302: Minyong, a newly hired bartender in a restaurant, prepares a drink to be served at the party. He mixes lemon juice and tequila for his 2 liters of mixture of mint lemonade. This mixture is 32 parts lemon juice and 1 part tequila. How much lemon juice must be added to bring the mixture to 40 parts lemon juice and 1 part tequila?
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Question 1045695: A mother is three years less than five times as old as her daughter. If the sum of their ages is thirty-nine, find the age of each
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Question 1045733: One can juice drink is 20% orange juice, another juice is 5% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 15 liters of 12% orange juice? How many of 20% orange juice should be in the mixture?
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Question 1045820: A particular shade of paint is made by mixing 3 parts red paint with 5 parts blue paint. To make this shade, Shannon mixed 6 quarts of blue paint with 4 quarts of red paint. Did Shannon mix the correct shade? Complete the explanation.
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Question 1045819: A particular shade of paint is made by mixing 3 parts red paint with 5 parts blue paint. To make this shade, Shannon mixed 6 quarts of blue paint with 4 quarts of red paint. Did Shannon mix the correct shade? Complete the explanation.
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Question 1045822: Brent is 7 years younger than Gail. In 3 years, the sum of their ages will be 83. What is Brent�s age now?
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Question 1045836: Find the product of the sum of 68 and 13 and the difference of 85 and 42
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Question 1045908: How much water should be mixed with 240 ml of a chemical, whose strength is 100%, in order to create a mixture that is diluted to 2/3 strength.

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Question 1045917: A photographer wants to mix 16 liters of a 7% acetic acid solution with a 12% solution to get a 9% solution. How many liters of 12% solution must be added?
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Question 1045977: How many liters of an antifreeze that is 18% alcohol must be mixed with an antifreeze that is 10% alcohol to produce an antifreeze that is 15% alcohol
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Question 1045984: Janie will sell packages of baseball cards at a fan event she will sell packages containing 200 cards each she is making 275 packages for the show how many total cards will Janie need
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Question 1046006: 1.4lbs. of brand �x� coffee which cost $7/lb was combined with 3 lbs. of brand �y� coffee which costs $14/lb. Find the cost per pound of the mixture.
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Question 1046004: Zeina is 4 years older than wadiha. 6 year ago, zeina�s age was twice wahida�s age. How old are they now?
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Question 1046003: Jet left Edmonton at 4:00 P.M. traveling west at 116 km/h. one hour later ( 5:00 PM ) Ahmed left Edmonton travelling east at 84 km/h. At what time will they be 316 km apart?
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Question 1046028: One can of paint contains 2 and 2/5 gallons and a another has 2/3 of a gallon. if you combine them, how many total gallons of paint do you have?
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Question 1046037: How much water should be mixed with 261 ml of an acid, whose strength is 100%, in order to create a mixture that is diluted to 1/3 strength.
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Question 1045922: Zaina is curios about numbers that contain the number 2,0,1,6 in that exact sequence she insists that the digits 2,0,1,6 only occur once in the numbers. She calls such a number a "year number". for example 20163 and 320164 are year numbers but 12016 and 21069 are not year numbers. Find the 2016th Year number.
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Question 1046002: A car leaves Edmonton traveling at 40 km/h. A second leaves Edmonton one hour later and travels at 60 km/h. How far from Edmonton does the second car overtake first?
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Question 1046008: Isa is twice as old as hamza. In five years the sum of their ages will be thirty-four. Find their present ages.
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Question 1046116: You need to strengthen a 25% alcohol solution with a pure alcohol solution to obtain a 70% solution. How much pure alcohol should you add to 100 milliliters of the 25% solution?
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Question 1046126: A 1 qt. mixture of alcohol and water is 95% alcohol. The mixture is to be reduced to 40% alcohol. Determine amount of distilled water to be added.
My partial attempt:
The amount of 95% = .95 qt.
Let x = amount added.
x + 1 = number of quarts in mixture.
How do I proceed ? Thanks.

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Question 1046146: Ref. Question 1046126:
.95(1) = .40(x + 1)
.95 = .40x + 40
.95 - 40 = .40x + 40 - 40
.55 = .40x
.55 / .40 = .40x / .40
1.375 = x
Where am I correct ?
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Question 1046181: Ref. 1046146:
0.95 = 0.4v + 0.4
0.95 - 0.4 = 0.4v + 0.4 - 0.4
0.55 = 0.4v
0.55 / 0.4 = 0.4v / 0.4
1.375 = v
Where am I correct ?
Also, I have read that if, an amount of water, in this case, the amt. of alcohol is diluted, but when alcohol is added, the amt. remains unchanged. Am I on the right track ?

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Question 1046199: What amount of a 15% hcl acid solution must be mixed with a 20% hcl acid solution to obtain 50 milliliters of 18% solution?
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Question 1046206: In a jar of coins, there are 30 fewer quarters than dimes. The value of the dimes equals the value of the quarters. How many dimes in the jar?
( chart, diagram, shape� )

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Question 1046203: In a jar of coins, there are 30 fewer quarters than dimes. The value of the dimes equals the value of the quarters. How many dimes in the jar?
( chart, diagram, shape� )

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Question 1046204: Anisa has $35.50 and is saving $4.25/week. Nadia has $24.25 and is saving $5.50/week. In how many weeks from now will they have the same amount of money?
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Question 1046450: A plane traveling with the wind travels 1100 miles in 5 hours. The return trip is against the wind and takes 11 hours. Find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind.
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