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Question 1137259: Tal is making a nut mixture to sell at the local farmers' market. He mixes 2 pounds of walnuts with a nut mixture that is 70% walnuts. The resulting mixture is 76% walnuts. How many pounds of nut mixture does Tal make?
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Question 1137340: How many ml of a 20% solution should be added to 50ml of a 40% solution to obtain a 25% solution?
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Question 1137381: There are 100g of sugar dissolved in 1.5l of water. How much sugar is present if you take 0.5qt of the liquid from the solution?
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Question 1137411: How many capsules of clindamycin hydrochloride should be used to prepare 30ml of the following preparation, if each capsule contains 150 mg of clindamycin hydrochloride?
clindamycin hydrochloride 600mg
70% isopropyl alcohol qs ad 60ml
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Question 1137559: how much water must be added to 45 liters of a solution that is 10% alcohol to dilute it to a solution that is 7% alcohol
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Question 1137578: The average mass of 50 pumpkins is 2,1kg. If one more pumkin is added, the average mass is 2,2kg. What is the mass of the extra pumpkin?
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Question 1137612: You have 5 milliliters of a drink that contains 40% Caffeine. How many milliliters of a drink containing 60% Caffeine needs to be added in order to have a final drink that is 55% Caffeine?
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Question 1137852: You need to prepare a 47 mL of a 24% syrup/soda "prescription" . To do this, you can use the 80% syrup solution and the 10% soda solution that you have in stock. How many mL of each solution do you need to create this final solution?
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Question 1137851: You need to prepare 65 mL of a 60% soda/syrup prescription. To do this, you can use the 80% soda solution and the syrup solution (0%) that you have in inventory. How many mL of each solution do you
need to create this final solution?
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Question 1138071: A chemical company makes two brands of antifreeze. The first brand is
55% pure antifreeze, and the second brand is 80% pure antifreeze. In order to obtain 170 gallons of a mixture that contains 60% pure antifreeze, how many gallons of each brand of antifreeze must be used?
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Question 1138072: A chef plans to mix 100% vinegar with Italian dressing. The Italian dressing contains 16% vinegar. The chef wants to make 210 milliliters of a mixture that contains 48% vinegar. How much vinegar and how much Italian dressing should she use?
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Question 1138294: a chef is going to use a mixture of two brands of italian dressing. the first brand contains 9% vinegar, and the second brand contains 14% vinegar. The chef wants to make 310 milliliters of a dressing that is 13% vinegar. How much of each brand should she use?
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Question 1138415: How many ounces of a gold alloy that costs $460 per
ounce must be mixed with 25 ounces of a gold alloy that costs
$220 per ounce to make a mixture that costs $310 per ounce?

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Question 1138414: How many milliliters of pure water should a pharmacist add to 40 milliliters
of a 5% salt solution to produce a 2% salt solution?

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Question 1138414: How many milliliters of pure water should a pharmacist add to 40 milliliters
of a 5% salt solution to produce a 2% salt solution?

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Question 1138413: A chemist mixes a 5% salt solution with an 11% salt
solution. How many milliliters of each should be used to make
600 milliliters of a 7% salt solution?

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Question 1138588: If a square tile is 30cm. How many tiles will be needed to cover a floo of lenght 7.2m and breadth 4.2m.
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Question 1138792: A mixture of 12% disinfectant solution is to be made from 10% and 18% disinfectant solutions. How much of each solution should be used if
32 gallons of the 12% solution are needed?
There needs to be __ gallons of 10% solution and __ gallons of 18% solution.
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Question 1138982: The Royal Fruit Company produces two types of fruit drinks. The first type is 60% pure fruit juice, and the second type is 85% pure fruit juice. The company is attempting to produce a fruit drink that contains 70% pure fruit juice. How many pints of each of the two existing types of drink must be used to make 150 pints of a mixture that is 70% pure fruit juice?
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Question 1139010: A,B and C can do a job in 4 days . B can do it in 9 days and C can do it in 8 days . How long would it take A to do it himself ?
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Question 1139010: A,B and C can do a job in 4 days . B can do it in 9 days and C can do it in 8 days . How long would it take A to do it himself ?
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Question 1139010: A,B and C can do a job in 4 days . B can do it in 9 days and C can do it in 8 days . How long would it take A to do it himself ?
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Question 1139403: a basketball player scored 35 times during one game. he scored a total of 58 points. two for each two points and one for each free throw. how many two point shots did he make. how many free throws did he make
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Question 1139597: If Drink A contains 93% sugar and Drink B contains 39% sugar. And you want a mixture of both solutions to to create 60 cups of solution which contains 75% sugar.
Which system of equations should you use to solve this problem:

x+y=60
93x+39y=75

x+y=60
93x+39y=45

x+y=45
0.93x+0.39y=60

x+y=60
0.93x+0.39y=45

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Question 1139630: convert 2 1/2% to fractions
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Question 1139629: a river flows at 3km/h. a canoeist travelling at 12km/h paddles ipstream for 3.5 hours. what distance does the canoeist travel in that time?
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Question 1139634: A farmer sells 9.4 kilograms of pears and apples at the farmer's market.
2
5
of this weight is pears, and the rest is apples. How many kilograms of apples did she sell at the farmer's market
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Question 1139680: if luke wanted to give nine of his friends an equal ammount of candy and he bought 465 pieces how many more would he need to have no extra
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Question 1139743: X can do a job in 16 days Y can do the same job in 20 days if X,Y and Z can do the job in 7.5 days . Alone Z can do the same job in ...?
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Question 1140069: Chang the trainer has two solo workout plans that he offers his clients Plan A and Plan B Ech client does either one or the othe but no both On Wednesday there were7 clients who did Plan A and 9 clients who did Plan B On Thursday there were 5 clients who did Plan A and 3 clients who did Plan B Chang trained his Wednesday clients for a total of 12 hours and Thursday clients for a total of six hours How long does each workout last
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Question 1140170: If I know that the solution I use to clean my car windows is 65% water and 35% cleaner, I have one relationship. If I also know that I only have a 3-liter spray bottle that gives me a second relationship.
What do the unknowns in this system represent and what are the two equations that that need to be solved?
Finally, solve the system of equations.
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Question 1140339: Simplify (3/5-1/4)x2 1/7
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Question 1140339: Simplify (3/5-1/4)x2 1/7
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Question 1140371: A store is having a sale on jelly beans and trail mix. For 6 pounds of jelly beans and 2 pounds of trail mix, the total cost is $24. For 3 pounds of jelly beans and 5 pounds of trail mix, the total cost is $21. Find the cost of each pound of jelly beans and each pound of trail mix.
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Question 1140605: If Solution A contains 76% oxygen and Solution B contains 49% oxygen. How much of each solution should be mixed in order to create 45 gallons of a solution that contains 73% oxygen?
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Question 1140737: How would you solve this word problem?
You need 570 mL of a 85% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 95% alcohol mixture. How much of the 95% alcohol mixture and pure water will you need to obtain the desired solution?
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