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Question 1184118: How much of a 60% orange juice drink must be mixed with 9 gallons of a 40% orange juice drink to obtain a mixture that is 50% orange juice?
The amount of 60% orange juice drink is x gallons.
(Type an integer or a decimal.)
Please help me find "x" thank you

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Question 1184175: how many quarts of pure antifreeze must be added to 4 quarts of a 50% antifreeze solution to obtain a 60% antifreeze solution? (hint: pure antifreeze is 100% antifreeze) round to nearest tenth as needed.
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Question 1184543: A spring scale is used to measure force and to determine the mass of a sample of moon rocks on the moon’s surface. The springs were calibrated for the earth’s gravitational acceleration of 9.8 m/s2. The scale reads 4.5 kg, and the moon’s gravitational attraction is 1.8 m/s2. Determine the samples mass. What would the reading be on a beam balance scale?

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Question 1184584: Two metal alloys, containing 6% zinc and 16% zinc are to be mixed together. How much of each is needed to get to 150 kg of an 14% zinc alloy?
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Question 1184662: You need a 40% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 375 mL of a 5% alcohol mixture. You also have 65% alcohol mixture. How much of the 65% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?

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Question 1184777: Anthony drives
13
miles per hour slower than Benjamin. They started at the same spot, and drove in opposite directions. After
8.7
hours, they were
791.7
miles apart. Find each car’s speed.
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Question 1184881: A mixture of 22% disinfectant solution is to be made from 15% and 25% disinfectant solutions. How much of each solution should be used if 20 gallons of the 22% solution are needed?
I tried .25x+.15(20-x)=.22*20
as my equation, and got x =14. so, you would need 6 gallons of 25 and 14 of 15 but i got it wrong.
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Question 1184884: A ball is tossed into the air so that the height after 1 , 2 , and 5 seconds is as given in the following table. If the relationship between the height of the ball h and the time t is quadratic, then the relationship can be written as: h = a t 2 + b t + c Use the information in the table to write a system of three equations in three variables a , b , and c . Solve the system to find the exact relationship between h and t .

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Question 1184883: A chemist has three different acid solutions. The first acid solution contains 25 % acid, the second contains 40 % and the third contains 85 % . He wants to use all three solutions to obtain a mixture of 135 liters containing 35 % acid, using 2 times as much of the 85 % solution as the 40 % solution. How many liters of each solution should be used?

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Question 1156055: A chemist has three different acid solutions. The first acid solution contains 25% acid, the second contains 40% and the third contains 85%. He wants to use all three solutions to obtain a mixture of 72 liters containing 55% acid, using 2 times as much of the 85% solution as the 40% solution. How many liters of each solution should be used?
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Question 1184948: A student mixes 15 milliliters of 20% hydrochloric acid solution, 5 milliliters of 75% hydrochloric
acid, and 20 milliliters of 40% hydrochloric acid solution. What percent is the final mixture - give your answer to the nearest percent?
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Question 1184973: A solution of 70 pounds of acid contains 6 pounds of pure acid. How many pounds of pure acid must be added to make a solution which is 20% pure acid?
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Question 1184983: You need a 40% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 45 mL of a 30% alcohol mixture. You also have 45% alcohol mixture. How much of the 45% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?

mL of the 45% solution

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Question 1184984: How many ounces of pure alcohol should be added to 416 ounces of 22% alcohol solution to produce a solution that is 36 %?

Present your answer as an integer or a reduced fraction. Do not use decimals.
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Question 1184987: Tom invests $7200 in two different accounts. The first account paid 6 %, the second account paid 12 % in interest. At the end of the first year he had earned $546 in interest. How much was in each account?
$ at 6 %
$ at 12 %
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Question 1185023: A new mixture of self-tanning & moisturizing lotions for everyday use is being developed. This mixture is made by mixing 300 ounces of everyday moisturizing lotion for $0.30 per ounce with self-tanning lotion worth $2 per ounce. If the new self-tanning & moisturizing lotion mixture is to cost $1.50 per ounce, how many ounces of the self-tanning lotion should be in the mixture?

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Question 1184986: Paul mixes nuts worth $ 1.40 per pound with oats worth $1.70 per pound to get 12
pounds of trail mix worth $1.60 per pound. How many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of oats did he use?

Paul used pounds of nuts and pounds of oats.

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Question 1185042: Paul mixes nuts worth $ 1.45 per pound with oats worth $ 1.70 per pound to get 20 pounds of trail mix worth$ 1.55 per pound. How many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of oats did he use?

Paul used pounds of nuts and pounds of oats.
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Question 1185227: Please help me!!
A. The number of quarts of alcohol contained in a tank hold x gallons of a mixture which is 60% alcohol.
B. The number of paints in x gallons.
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Question 1185330: The length of a rectangle is 4cm less than thrice its width. If the area is 160 sq cm , what are the dimensions of the rectangle?

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Question 1185586: A coffee company wants a new flavor of Cajun coffee. How many pounds of coffee worth $7 a pound should be added to 30 pounds of coffee worth $3 a pound to get a mixture worth $5 a pound?

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Question 1185592: A coffee company wants a new flavor of Cajun coffee. How many pounds of coffee worth $7 a pound should be added to 30 pounds of coffee worth $3 a pound to get a mixture worth $5 a pound?

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Question 1185642: Eric Krassow va a construir un librero con cuatro estanterías, como se muestra en la figura. El ancho del librero va a ser 3 pies más que la altura. Si solamente tiene 30 pies de madera para construir el librero, ¿cuáles serán las dimensiones del librero?
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Question 1185686: 4 skilled workers can complete a job in 5 days. 5 semi-skilled workers can complete the same job in 6 days. How long does it take 1 skilled work and 1 semi-skilled worker to complete the same job if they work together?

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Question 1185898: a private jet flies the same distance in 4 hours that a commercial flies in 2 hours . if the speed of the commercial jet was 154 mph less than 3 times the speed of the private jet, find the speed of each jet
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Question 1186117: In her cupboard, Consuelo has some dark chocolate that is 70% cocoa solids and some milk chocolate that is 20% cocoa solids. How much of each kind should she use to obtain the desired mixture of 5 ounces that is 40% cocoa solids?
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Question 1186151: How much water must be evaporated from 12 liters of 3 kg/L salt solution until the concentration becomes 3.60 kg/L?

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Question 1186116: 16 lbs of Brand M Cinnamon costing $17/lb. was made by combining Indonesian cinnamon
which costs $19/lbs with Thai cinnamon which costs $11/lb. Find out how much of each type
of cinnamon was used to make the Brand M blend.
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Question 1186225:
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Question 1186389: There were 209 tickets purchased for a major league baseball game. The general admission tickets cost $6.50 and the upper box tickets cost $10.00. The total amount of money spent was $1621.00. How many of each kind of ticket were purchased?
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Question 1186459: How much coffee costing P40 per kilo must be added to 150 kilos costing P48 per kilo to make a mixture costing P45 per kilo?
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Question 1186459: How much coffee costing P40 per kilo must be added to 150 kilos costing P48 per kilo to make a mixture costing P45 per kilo?
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Question 1186459: How much coffee costing P40 per kilo must be added to 150 kilos costing P48 per kilo to make a mixture costing P45 per kilo?
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