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Question 1084752: How much of a drink 20% grape juice must be mixed with a 60% grape juice drink in order to obtain 20 gallons of a 44% grape juice drink?
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Question 1084897: In a hare tortoise race,the hare ran for 2 min at a speed of 7.5 km/h and slept for 56 min and again ran for 2 min at a speed of 7.5 km/h.Find the average speed of hare.
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Question 1084994: The lenght of a rectangle is 5 cm more than twice the width,and the perimeter is greater than 28 cm. What is the width of the rectangle?
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Question 1084940: Two identical taps fill 2/5 of a tank in 20 minutes. When one of the taps goes dry in how many minutes will the remaining one tap fill the rest of the tank ?
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Question 1085078: How many kilograms of hard candy that cost $7.50 per kilogram must be mixed with 24 kilograms of jelly beans that cost $3.25 per kilogram to make a mixture that sells for $4.50 per kilogram?
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Question 1085093: The Golden Cup Coffee Shop sells Hawain Kona coffee for $36.50 per pound and Sulawesi Kalossi Coffee for $13.00 per pound. The coffee shop also makes a homemade blend of these two coffees that sells for 20.52 per pound. How much of each coffee should they blend together to make a 100 pound bag of the blend?
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Question 1084611: How much of an alloy that is 20% copper should be mixed with 400 ounces of an alloy that is 80% copper in order to get an alloy that is 50% copper?
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Question 1083671: A scientist has two solutions, which she has labeled Solution A and Solution B. Each contains salt. She knows that Solution A is
55%
salt and Solution B is
80%
salt. She wants to obtain
160
ounces of a mixture that is
60%
salt. How many ounces of each solution should she use?

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Question 1085292: Two numbers has a relationship of 3:5 and the difference between them are 40. What are the numbers?
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Question 1085292: Two numbers has a relationship of 3:5 and the difference between them are 40. What are the numbers?
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Question 1085292: Two numbers has a relationship of 3:5 and the difference between them are 40. What are the numbers?
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Question 1085652: What is the answer if four bells ring simultaneously and afterwards at intervals of 3, 4, 5, and 6 seconds respectively at what interval will they all ring together
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Question 1085863: what is the centroid of the region bounded by the given curves.
y = 6 sin(2x), y = 6 cos(2x), x = 0, x = π/8
Thanks for your help .

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Question 1085960: I need to make a 99% cocoa blend with 2 types of beans. One type is 77% cocoa and the other is 93% cocoa. How much of each bean do I use?
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Question 1085969: I need to make a cocoa blend that is 99% cocoa and I have two types of cocoa beans. One is 77% cocoa and the other is 93% cocoa. How much of each bean do I need?
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Question 1086264: On 10 lbs of an alloy, there are 3 lbs of zinc, 2 lbs of copper and 5 lbs of lead. On 20 lbs of a second alloy, there are 12 lbs of zinc, 5 lbs of copper and 3 lbs of lead, while on 20 lbs of a third alloy there are 8 lbs of zinc, 6 lbs of copper and 6 lbs of lead. How many lbs of each alloy must be combined in order to get an alloy that for every 34 lbs of zinc, we have 17 lbs of copper and 19 lbs of lead?
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Question 1085871: 30mL solution of a 1:6 syrup solution. I have a 50% syrup solution and 1:2000 soda solution. How much of each mL I need?
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Question 1086377: 3 kg of sliced peaches were mixed with 12 kg of sliced bananas which cost $3/kg to make fruit salad which costs $4/kg. What is the price per kg of sliced peaches?
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Question 1086376: 3 kg of sliced peaches were mixed with 12 kg of sliced bananas which cost $3/kg to make fruit salad which costs $4lkg. What is the price per kg of sliced peaches?
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Question 1086433: Dr. Bhatia mixes 2 liters of a 5% saline solution with x liters of a 9% saline solution. The table shows the amount of each solution used.
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Question 1086441: The Divine Chocolate store want to create a new truffle mix that consists of milk chocolate and hazelnut. If hazelnuts sell for $6 per pound and milk chocolate sells for $3 per pound, how many pounds of each should they mix together to create a six-pound box that sells for $5 per pound?

How would I go about setting this up? If you could show me how to set the problem up I could answer it. Thank you!
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Question 1086442: A chemist wants to mix a 66% alcohol solution with eight liters of a 54% alcohol solution to produce a solution that is 64% alcohol. How many liters of the 66% alcohol solution should be used?
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Question 1086458: Biologists want to know how many fish are in a certain lake. On January 1, they removed 500 fish from the lake and tagged them. On February 1, they returned to the lake and collected a random sample of 400 fish, of which eight had been previously tagged. Based on this experiment, approximately how many fish are in the lake?
If you can help me se this up then i could solve it.
Thank you so much!
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Question 1086492: A can Finish a work in 20 Min, B can Finish the same work in 25 Min, They worked together for few mins and A left, B finished the remaining work the total time taken was 15 Min, then what was the time taken by B to finish the work?
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Question 1086552: A chemical store room has a 90% acid solution and 40% solution. How many CENTILITERS of the 90% solution should be added to 50 CENTILITERS of the 40% solution to yield up a 50% solution?
p.s. i caps the centiliters for clearer comprehension. Thank you sir/maam tutors! :)
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Question 1086570: if 20 cups of chocolate syrups are poured into 5/6- cup containers, how many containers ca be filled?
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Question 1086604: if 3% of a number is 18, what is 20% of twice the number?
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Question 1086601: if 3% of a number is 18,what is 20% of twice the number?
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Question 1086657: Is 8 over 10 equals 2 over 5 a true proportion?
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Question 1086675: A chemistry experiment requires 95ml of an acid solution per student. How many litres of acid should be ordered for 5 classes of 23 students? The acid must be ordered in 1L containers

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Question 1086677: How many Smurfs would be required to match the height of 57 apples? Don't forget, each Smurf is three apples high
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Question 1086715: by selling house for Rs 400,000,a personal loses 20% to get gain of 15% at what price should the house be sold?
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Question 1086715: by selling house for Rs 400,000,a personal loses 20% to get gain of 15% at what price should the house be sold?
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Question 1086780: a liquid soap container holds eight hundred milliliters. During an offer the container holds twenty percent more. What is the new capacity of the container

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Question 1086999: An alloy is composed of 40 kg zinc and 10 kg of copper; another alloy contains 80 kg copper and 20 kg of tin. If three parts by mass of the first alloy are fused with one part by mass of the second alloy to make a third alloy, what percentage of copper and tin will be found in the third alloy?
question got from BTEC First MATHEMATICS for Technicians

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Question 1087047: Sandra needs 10 liters of a 10% brine solution She has only 5% and 25% brine solutions available. How many liters of each solution should she mix to obtain the desired solution?
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Question 1087123: Calculate how much 1% salt solution must be mixed with how much 5% salt solution to make 100 milliliters of 2% salt solution. You'll need ___ milliliters of the 5% salt solution.
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Question 1087124: Calculate how much 10% acid solution and how much pure acid must be mixed to end up with exactly 12 liters of 30% acid solution. Rounding to the nearest houndredth of a liter, you'll need ____ liters of pure acid.
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