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Question 1060494: a grocer mixed nuts worth $4.25 per pound with nuts worth $2.75 per pound. how many pounds of each kind did he use to make a mixture of 60 pounds to sell at $3,75 per pound

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Question 1060519: A chemist mixes a 10% hydrogen peroxide solution with a 25% hydrogen peroxide solution to create 30 liters of a 15% hydrogen peroxide solution. How many liters of the 10% solution did the chemist use to make the 15% solution?
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Question 1060697: -2(3)/4!=?

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Question 1060676: The monster under your bed loves fruit.To appease him you buy 4 pounds of grapes.You also buy some strawberries.Both fruits cost $1.20 per pound.You spend $6.How many pounds of strawberries did you buy?
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Question 1060765: What percent of 30,000 = 7,500

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Question 1060804: how many gallons of 40% salt solution must be mixed with 8 gallons of a 10% solution to make a 30% mixture solution?
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Question 1060804: how many gallons of 40% salt solution must be mixed with 8 gallons of a 10% solution to make a 30% mixture solution?
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Question 1060806: An Inlet pipe an oil tank in 10 days and a 2nd Inlet pipe can fill the same tank in 12 days. If both pipes are used how long will it take to fill the tank?

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Question 1060821: A chemist wants to mix 10% alcohol solution and a 20% alcohol solution to make a 12% alcohol solution. How many cups of each solution must be mixed to make 5 cups of the 12% solution?
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Question 1060952: A scientist has two solutions, which she has labeled Solution A and Solution B. Each contains salt. She knows that Solution A is
65%
salt and Solution B is
80%
salt. She wants to obtain
30
ounces of a mixture that is
70%
salt. How many ounces of each solution should she use?
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Question 1061098: The three angles of a triangle can be represented by the expressions x�, (x+20)�, and (2x)�. Find the measure of the angles of this triangle.
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Question 1061097: if a chemist needs a 40% acid solution, how much 50% solution needs to be mixed with 8 liters of a 25% solution to obtain the desired concentration?
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Question 1061086: In January 2013, a country's first-class mail rates increased to 55 cents for the first ounce, and 22 cents for each additional ounce. If Sabrina spent $22.11 for a total of 57 stamps of these two denominations, how many stamps of each denomination did she buy?
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Question 1061149: You need 420 mL of a 35% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 25% alcohol mixture and a 60% alcohol mixture. How much of each mixture will you need to obtain the desired solution?

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Question 1061240: A metalworker has a metal alloy that is 20% copper and another alloy that is 75% copper. How many kilograms of each alloy should the metalworker combine to create 100 kg of a 53% copper alloy?
The metalworker should use __ kilograms of the metal alloy that is 20% copper and __ kilograms of the metal alloy that is 75% copper.
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Question 1061386: A feed store sells two types of cattle feed. One sells for $180 and the other sells for $210 per ton. If the store wants to sell 60 tons of a mix that can be sold for $200 per ton, how much of each feed should be mixed?
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Question 1061582: A 50% dye solution is to be mixed with a 75% dye solution to get 100L of a 65% solution. How much liters of the 50% Andy 75% solution will be needed
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Question 1061635: How many combinations of players can a coach have if he needs to pick 2 out of a total of 4?
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Question 1061679: Orange and pineapple juice are mixed in a ration of 4 to 5. How much of each juice is needed to make 36 gallons of orange-pineapple juice?
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Question 1061700: The royal fruit company produces two types of fruit drinks. The first type is 45% pure fruit juice, the second type is 100% pure fruit juice. The company is attempting to produce a fruit drink that contains 80% pure fruit juice. How many pints of each of the existing types of drink must be used to make 110 pints of mixture that is 80% pure fruit juice?
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Question 1061755: To mix weed killer with water correctly, it is necessary to mix 15 teaspoons of weed killer with 3 gallons of water. Find how many gallons of water are needed to mix with the entire box if it contains 20
teaspoons of weed killer.
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Question 1061791: How much of 60% HCl and 25% HCl would be needed to mix and produce 75 liters of 50% HCl?

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Question 1062334: tom, host of a new program called The Kitchen Gladiator, wants to mix a dip containing 5% horseradish with one containing 20% horseradish to obtain a 24 ounce dip containing 10% horseradish. How many ounces of 5% dip should he use?
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Question 1062399: To make a mixture of 80 pounds of coffee worth $272 a grocer mixes coffee worth $3.25 a pound with coffee worth $3.25 a pound with coffee worth $3.85 a pound .How many pounds of the cheaper coffee should the grocer use. txt book answer is 60lb

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Question 1062868: One canned juice drink is 25% orange juice, another one is 5% orange Juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together to get 20L that is 10% orange juice.
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Question 1062966: Acid solution A is composed of 12.5% hydrochloric acid and acid solution B is composed of 34% hydrochloric acid. How much of each solution is needed to obtain 86 ounces of a solution that contains 25% of hydrochloric acid?
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Question 1063009: In 2000, a camp had 450 campers. Five years later, the number of campers rose to 750. Write a linear equation that represents the number of campers that attended camp.
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Question 1063077: Prepare 100 mL of a 12% dextrose solution using D₅W and D₂₀W. How much of each solution strength is needed?
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Question 1063019: A total of $12,000 is invested, part at 6% interest and part at 3%. If the annual,return is the same for these investments, how much is invested at each are?
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Question 1063145: Aaron visits the playground every 3 days Liam visits the playground every 5 days Given that both of them met on the first day, how many times will both of them meet in 50 days
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Question 1063387: 3bells ring at interval of 5mins, 12mins and 15 mins resptvly. They ring simultaneously at 10Am.At what time will they ring again?

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Question 1063464: A company sells a container of mixed nuts that is 50% peanuts and the other container that is 80% peanuts.
How many cups for each mixture would be needed to make 105 cups that is 60% peanuts?
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Question 1063552: 9. A company sells a container of mixed nuts that is 12% peanuts and another container that is
60% peanuts. How many cups of each mixture would be needed to make 12 cups that is 40%
peanuts?
4 cups of the 12% peanuts and 8 cups of the 60% peanuts
8 cups of the 12% peanuts and 4 cups of the 60% peanuts
5 cups of the 12% peanuts and 7 cups of the 60% peanuts
3 cups of the 12% peanuts and 9 cups of the 60% peanuts
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Question 1063662: there were two different coper alloys of total weight 50 kg. The first contains 40% less copper than the second. Determine the percentage of copper in the first and second alloys, if it is known that there were 6kg of copper in the first alloy and 12 kg in the second
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Question 1063702: Newtons law of cooling: A cake is removed from a oven at 350�F and cools to 120�F after 20 minutes in a room at 65�F. How long will the cake take to cool to 90�F?
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Question 1063708: Newtons law of cooling: a cake is removed from an oven at 220�F and cools to 150�F after 30 minutes in a room at 75�F. When will it cool to 95�F?
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Question 1063705: Newtons law of cooling : a cup of coffee cool from 96�C to 65�C after eight minutes in a room at 20�C. When will it cool to 25�C?
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Question 1063704: Newtons law of cooling: A cup of coffee has cooled from 90�C to 50�C after 12 minutes in a room at 22�C. How long will the cup take to cool to 30�C?
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