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Question 265017: The Literary Lion Book Store has a coffee bar that sells its own blend of coffee. Each morning the manager mixes up 120 pounds of the special blend to sell to his customers. The coffee is a mixture of Columbian coffee selling for $5.00 per pound and Brazilian coffee selling for $8.00 per pound. The mixture sells for $7.00 per pound. How many pounds of Brazilian coffee is in the 120 pound mixture?
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Question 265505: A solution containing 30% insecticide is to be mixed with a solution containing 50% insecticide to make 200 L of a solution containing 42% insecticide. How much of the 50% insecticide solution should be used?
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Question 265497: Alyson opened a savings account with a deposit of $600. She withdrew $15 each day for the next 5 days, and then deposited her entire paycheck from Barney's Bagels, bringing her balance to $750. Then she remembered that she had promised to donate 25% of her paycheck to charity. How much should she withdraw from savings?
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Question 265583: Mary is expirimenting with chemical in the laboratory. She mixes a solution that is 10% acid with a solution that is 25% acid. How much of the 10% acid solution will be needed to make 50 liters of aolution that is 20% acis?
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Question 265590: The Fussy Food Snack Bar makes a trail mix of peanuts and raisins. If the cost of peanuts is $2.00 per pound and the cost of raisins is $3.50 per pound, how many pounds of peanuts and how many pounds of raisins should be used to make a 3 pound blend that costs $3.00 per pound?
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Question 265592: Maggie made two pots of salsa. The first pot contained 9% hot peppers and was very spicy. The second pot contained only 1% hot peppers and was very mild. In order to mix a 6 pint batch of salsa containing 3% hot peppers, how many pints from each pot should she use?
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Question 265709: Two brothers are saving money to but tickets to a concert. Their combined savings is $55. One brother has $15 more than the other. How much has he saved.
I tried to set the problem up but i dont know if i set it up correctly:
x+2(15)=55
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Question 266027: Bobby and Mike have a summer job mowing the school yard once a week. The school provides them with two riding lawn mowers.One mower requires 7 hours to mow the school yard, while the other could cover the school yard in 6 hours. How long will the job take using both mowers? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)
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Question 266025: Jack accepted a job to paint a new house. He calculated that he can complete the job in 30 hours. He hired a trainee to assist him. He has seen the trainee work and estimates that it the trainee working alone would take 45 hours to complete the job. How much time should the two of them working together need to paint the house? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)
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Question 266417: different shades of paint color are formed by mixing different percents of 2 or more primary colors such as blue and yellow. Suppose you want to paint your roof with a paint mixture that is 40% yellow and 60% blue. How many pints of pure 100% blue paint and 50% yellow and 50% blue paint mix should be combined to make 12 pints of a 40% yellow and 60% blue paint mix?
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Question 266417: different shades of paint color are formed by mixing different percents of 2 or more primary colors such as blue and yellow. Suppose you want to paint your roof with a paint mixture that is 40% yellow and 60% blue. How many pints of pure 100% blue paint and 50% yellow and 50% blue paint mix should be combined to make 12 pints of a 40% yellow and 60% blue paint mix?
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Question 267088: To make a 10 pound mix of M&M's and peanuts worth $3.50 a pound, how many pounds of peanuts worth $3 per pound should be mixed with M&M's worth $4 per pound?
I have tried;
x=$3x+$4x
x=7
7/10=3 1/2
10(7/10)=10*3 1/2
7=30*2
= 60/7
not even sure now how I got my answer, but I know it is wrong.
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Question 267088: To make a 10 pound mix of M&M's and peanuts worth $3.50 a pound, how many pounds of peanuts worth $3 per pound should be mixed with M&M's worth $4 per pound?
I have tried;
x=$3x+$4x
x=7
7/10=3 1/2
10(7/10)=10*3 1/2
7=30*2
= 60/7
not even sure now how I got my answer, but I know it is wrong.
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Question 268025: A radiator contains 10 quarts of fluid, 25% of which is antifreeze. How much fluid should be drained and replaced with pure antifreeze so that the new mixture is 55% antifreeze? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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Question 268337: Ronald wants to sell his car through a broker
who charges a commission of 10% of the selling price.
Ronald still owes $11,025 on the car. Ronald must get
enough to at least pay off the loan. What is the range of the
selling price?
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