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Question 1151661: (Make a chart and solve) A chemist has two solutions, Solution A is 8% acetic acid and Solution B is 20% acetic acid. If he wants 4 liters of an 11% acetic acid solution, how much of solution A and solution B should he mix ?
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Question 1151733: we started with five gallons of an orange drink that was 90% water and 10% syrup. we added 1 gallon of concentrate and ended up with a resulting mixture that was 86% water and 14% syrup. determine what percent of the concentrate was water and what percent was syrup
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Question 1151733: we started with five gallons of an orange drink that was 90% water and 10% syrup. we added 1 gallon of concentrate and ended up with a resulting mixture that was 86% water and 14% syrup. determine what percent of the concentrate was water and what percent was syrup
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Question 1151766: In the lab, Linda has two solutions that contain alcohol and is mixing them with each other. She uses twice as much Solution A as Solution B. Solution A is 14% alcohol and Solution B is 18% alcohol. How many milliliters of Solution B does she use, if the resulting mixture has 230 milliliters of pure alcohol?
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Question 1151865: During lunch hour at a local restaurant, 90% of customers order a meat entrée and 10% order a vegetarian entrée. Of the customers who order a meat entrée, 80% order a drink. Of the customers who order a vegetarian entrée, 40% order a drink.
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Question 1151935: A liter of cream contains 9.5 percent butterfat. How much skim milk containing 5.5 percent butterfat must be added to the mixture (which is the same as the amount of cream that must be taken out) to obtain one liter of mixture with 6.5 percent butterfat?
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Question 1152018: Star Cups, a specialty coffee store, creates a special mix of two coffees at two different prices: $6.42 and $7.28 per pound each. How many pounds of the $7.28 coffee should be mixed with 7 pounds of $6.42 coffee to sell the mixture for $7.20 per pound?
I have the answer of 68.25 lbs but am a bit confused at the solution process.
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Question 1152162: At a fish fry fundraiser, the Math Club raised $277.50. Child plates were sold for $2.25 and adult plates were sold for $4.75. If there were twice as many child plates sold than adult plates, how many adult plates were sold?
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Question 1152245: A hardware company has two locations with a total of 26 employees. If four times the number of employees at the larger location is six less than seven times the number of employees at the smaller location, how many employees are at each location?
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Question 1152261: The manager of a farmers market has 400 pounds of grain that cost $1.90 per pound. How many pounds of meal costing 0.80 per pound should be mixed with the 400 pounds of grain to produce a mixture that cost $1.35 per pound
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Question 1152262: Find the cost per pound of a "house blend" of coffee that is made from 20 pounds of Central American blend that cost $8 per pound and 30 pounds of coffee that is made from South American blend that cost 3.50 per pound
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Question 1152316: Use two equations in two variables to solve the application. See Example 6. (Objective 1)
A merchant wants to mix peanuts worth $3 per pound with jelly beans worth $1.50 per pound to make 30 pounds of a mixture worth $2.40 per pound. How many pounds of each should he use?
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Question 1152477: A candy maker is making truffles using a mixture of a melted dark chocolate that is 72% cocoa and milk chocolate that is 42% cocoa. If she wants 6 pounds of melted chocolate that is 52% cocoa, how much of each type of chocolate does she need?
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Question 1152476: To meet the government's specifications, a certain alloy must be 65% aluminum. How many pounds each of a 70% aluminum alloy and a 54% aluminum alloy will be needed to produce 640 pounds of the 65% aluminum alloy?
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Question 1152499: eggs have 6 grams of protein and 77 calories
Milk has 8 grams of protein and 168 calories
to keep alive you must consume 36 grams of protein and 658 calories per day
Using Simultaneous equations how many eggs and glasses of milk must you consume each day to stay alive.
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Question 1152499: eggs have 6 grams of protein and 77 calories
Milk has 8 grams of protein and 168 calories
to keep alive you must consume 36 grams of protein and 658 calories per day
Using Simultaneous equations how many eggs and glasses of milk must you consume each day to stay alive.
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Question 1152499: eggs have 6 grams of protein and 77 calories
Milk has 8 grams of protein and 168 calories
to keep alive you must consume 36 grams of protein and 658 calories per day
Using Simultaneous equations how many eggs and glasses of milk must you consume each day to stay alive.
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Question 1152931: A scientist wants to dilute 400 mL of a 16% saline solution to a 10% saline solution by adding water. How much water is needed?
I am confused on how to set up the equation for the problem as i keep getting a negative number. The answer is 240 mL i just am unsure how to get there. Thank you!
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Question 1152931: A scientist wants to dilute 400 mL of a 16% saline solution to a 10% saline solution by adding water. How much water is needed?
I am confused on how to set up the equation for the problem as i keep getting a negative number. The answer is 240 mL i just am unsure how to get there. Thank you!
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Question 1152931: A scientist wants to dilute 400 mL of a 16% saline solution to a 10% saline solution by adding water. How much water is needed?
I am confused on how to set up the equation for the problem as i keep getting a negative number. The answer is 240 mL i just am unsure how to get there. Thank you!
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