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Question 1157206: A chemist has three different acid solutions. The first acid solution contains 20% acid, the second contains 40% and the third contains 60%. He wants to use all three solutions to obtain a mixture of 84 liters containing 50% acid, using 3 times as much of the 60% solution as the 40% solution. How many liters of each solution should be used?
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Question 1157274: Mr. Rosoff works in the lab at a pharmaceutical company. He needs to make 60 liters of a 13% acid solution to test a new product. His supplier only ships a 16% and a 12% solution. Mr. Rosoff decides to make the 13% solution by mixing the 16% solution with the 12% solution. How much of the 16% solution will Mr. Rosoff need to use?
[A] 10 L [B] 60 L [C] 45 L [D] 15 L
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Question 1157274: Mr. Rosoff works in the lab at a pharmaceutical company. He needs to make 60 liters of a 13% acid solution to test a new product. His supplier only ships a 16% and a 12% solution. Mr. Rosoff decides to make the 13% solution by mixing the 16% solution with the 12% solution. How much of the 16% solution will Mr. Rosoff need to use?
[A] 10 L [B] 60 L [C] 45 L [D] 15 L
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Question 1157274: Mr. Rosoff works in the lab at a pharmaceutical company. He needs to make 60 liters of a 13% acid solution to test a new product. His supplier only ships a 16% and a 12% solution. Mr. Rosoff decides to make the 13% solution by mixing the 16% solution with the 12% solution. How much of the 16% solution will Mr. Rosoff need to use?
[A] 10 L [B] 60 L [C] 45 L [D] 15 L
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Question 1157273: Ms. Parker mixes a 95% sugar cinnamon-flavored solution with a 90% sugar cherry-flavored solution to make 15 gallons of a new product. The new product is 91% sugar. How much of the cherry-flavored solution did she use?
[A] 12 gal [B] 10 gal [C] 3 gal [D] 14 gal
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Question 1157273: Ms. Parker mixes a 95% sugar cinnamon-flavored solution with a 90% sugar cherry-flavored solution to make 15 gallons of a new product. The new product is 91% sugar. How much of the cherry-flavored solution did she use?
[A] 12 gal [B] 10 gal [C] 3 gal [D] 14 gal
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Question 1157304: Tal is making a nut mixture to sell at the local farmers’ market. He mixes 2 pounds of peanuts with a nut mixture that is 65% peanuts. The resulting mixture is 72% peanuts. How many pounds of nut mixture does Tal make?
[A] 10 lb [B] 8 lb [C] 12 lb [D] 2 lb
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Question 1157335: During a science experiment, Ethan created a 23% alcohol solution by mixing 11 fluid ounces of a 32% alcohol solution with a certain amount of a 12% alcohol solution. How many fluid ounces of the 23% alcohol solution did he create?
[A] 20 fl oz [B] 23 fl oz [C] 18 fl oz [D] 9 fl oz
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Question 1157336: Ms. Sanders mixes a 75% sugar cinnamon-flavored solution with a 95% sugar cherry-flavored solution to make 16 gallons of a new product. The new product is 90% sugar. How much of the cherry-flavored solution did she use?
[A] 4 gal [B] 15 gal [C] 12 gal [D] 10 gal
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Question 1157319: A company produces fruity drinks that contain a percentage of real fruit juice. Drink A contains 20% real fruit juice and Drink B contains 5% real fruit juice. The company used 56.5 liters of real fruit juice to make 80 more liters of Drink B than liters of Drink A. Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the number of liters of Drink A made and the number of liters of Drink B made. Define the variables that you use to write the system.
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Question 1157374: Birdseed costs $0.56 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.86 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 40-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for $0.75 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she use?
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Question 1157405: he needs to make 60 liters of a 36% acid solution to test a new product. His supplier only ships a 10% and 40% solution. he decides to make the 36% solution by mixing the 10% solution with the 40% solution. how much of the 10% solution will he need to use
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Question 1157405: he needs to make 60 liters of a 36% acid solution to test a new product. His supplier only ships a 10% and 40% solution. he decides to make the 36% solution by mixing the 10% solution with the 40% solution. how much of the 10% solution will he need to use
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Question 1157404: Quadratic function
1) A function that has a local maximum will have
___< 0 (what coefficient)
2) A function that is decreasing for xh will open (up or down)
a. up
b. down
3) a function that has no real number solution to a corresponding quadratic equation f(x)=0 will have which of the following:
a. a>0, k>o
b. a>0, k<0
c. a<0, k>0
d. a<0, k<0
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Question 1157584: A beverage manufacturer aims to mix up an 840 gallons batch of a tomato juice blend that contains 26% juice. The manufacturer will be combining a 6% blend and a 31% blend to achieve this. How much of each type should the manufacturer combine to get the desired tomato juice blend?
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Question 1157584: A beverage manufacturer aims to mix up an 840 gallons batch of a tomato juice blend that contains 26% juice. The manufacturer will be combining a 6% blend and a 31% blend to achieve this. How much of each type should the manufacturer combine to get the desired tomato juice blend?
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Question 1157640: Lisa invested her savings in two investment funds. The
$
6000
that she invested in Fund A returned a
1
%
profit. The amount that she invested in Fund B returned a
5
%
profit. How much did she invest in Fund B, if both funds together returned a
2
%
profit?
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Question 1157640: Lisa invested her savings in two investment funds. The
$
6000
that she invested in Fund A returned a
1
%
profit. The amount that she invested in Fund B returned a
5
%
profit. How much did she invest in Fund B, if both funds together returned a
2
%
profit?
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Question 1157750: A professor grades students on 4 tests, a term paper, and a final examination. Each test counts as 15% of the course. The term paper counts as 20% of the course grade. The final examination counts 20% of the course grade. Jay Mark has test scores of 80, 78, 92, and 84. He got 84 on his term paper and 88 in his examination score. Use the weighted mean formula to find Jay Mark’s average for the course.
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Question 1157844: Michael and Mindy are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and large boxes of oranges. Michael sold 33 small boxes of oranges and 154 large boxes of oranges for a total of $2233. Mindy sold 11 small boxes of oranges and 11 large boxes of oranges for a total of $220. Find the total cost each of one small box of oranges and one large box of oranges.
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Question 1157943: A private jet flies the same distance in 15 hours that a commercial jet flies in 10 hours. If the speed of the commercial jet was 98mph less than 2 times the speed of the private jet, find the speed of each jet.
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Question 1157943: A private jet flies the same distance in 15 hours that a commercial jet flies in 10 hours. If the speed of the commercial jet was 98mph less than 2 times the speed of the private jet, find the speed of each jet.
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Question 1158039: Twelve iron poles are used for pillar and the lengths of the poles form an arithmetic progression.If the third pole is 4mand seventh is 10m,find the length of the poles in order of A.P and the cost of all poles if a meter is 45.00Naira
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