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Question 706986: how many gallons of gasoline that is 12% ethanol must be added to 2,000 gallons of gasoline without ethanol to get a mixture that is 10% ethanol?
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Question 706985: One morning, Justin drove 2 hours before stopping to eat lunch at Pizza Hut. After lunch, he increased his speed by 10 mph. If he completed a 470-mile trip in 7 hours of driving time, how fast did he drive in the morning?
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Question 707180: how many gallons of a 60% antifreeze solution must be mixed with 90 gallons of 30% antifreeze to get a mixture that is 50% antifreeze?
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Question 707161: Hi, I needed some help for this, so if you could show me step by step with the answer, it'd be great.Thanks.
One grade of tea costing $3.20 per pound is mixed with another grade costing $2 per pound to make 20 lbs of a blend that will sell for $2.72 per pound. How much of the $3.20 is needed?
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Question 707384: How many kilograms of water must be added to 80kg of a 60% iodine solution in order to dilute a 40% iodine solution?
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Question 707433: What integer represents a gain of 3yards
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Question 707474: How many grams of water must be evaporated from 10 grams of a 40% saline solution to produce a 50% saline solution? Please help! Thank you.

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Question 707525: Hi I need help in a certain problem on my algebra homework. "Four times the larger of 2 numbers is equal to seven times the smaller. The sum of the numbers is 22. Find the numbers. Thank you Mr./Ms. Tutor :)
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Question 707567: A chemist has two alloys, one of which is 15% gold and 25% lead and the other which is 40% gold and 30% lead. How many grams of each of the two alloys should be used to make an alloy that contains 76.5 g of gold and 116.5 g of lead?
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Question 707743: how many gallons of a 90% antifreeze solution must be mixed with 60 gallons of 30% antifreeze to get a mixture that is 80% antifreeze
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Question 707365: How many gallons of a 90% antifreeze solution must be mixed with 60 gallons of 10% antifreeze to get a mixture that is 80% antifreeze?
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Question 707893: Amy is without any tools. She must estimate the length and width of a room. How can she determine the dimensions?

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Question 707926: Hi, I have a question. If you could help, it'd be great. Thanks
How many gallons of milk containing 1% fat is mixed with milk containing 4% fat to obtain a 15 gallon mixture containing 2% fat?
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Question 708332: I want to make 200 LIters of a 5% acid solution. If I have a 25% acid solution, how much water and how much of the 25% acid solution should I use?
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Question 708611: If a scientist has 35% acid solution and 20% acid solution and she needs 3 liters of 25% acid solution write and solve a linear equation and how much of each solution she should use.
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Question 708648: A plant food is to be made from three chemicals. The combined amounts of the first two chemicals must be 80% of the resulting mix. The second and third chemical must be in the ratio 4 to 3 by weight. How much of each chemical is needed to make 700 kg of the plant food?
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Question 708706: a scientist wants to make a solution that is 30% acid using one solution that is 50 % acid and another solution that is 20% acid.How many liters of each solution does the scientist need to make 75 liters of the mixture?
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Question 708717: If 27litre lemon juice requires 1500ml measured salt how much measured ml salt does 25litres of lemon juice require?
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Question 708815: In a chemistry lab, a student is mixing together two solutions that contain alcohol. One solution is 12% alcohol and the other is 40% alcohol. She uses 300ml of the 12% solution. How many ml of the 40% solution does she use if the resulting mixture is a 28% alcohol solution?
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Question 708820: *PLEASE HELP* The water fountain arch reaches 14 feet high and is 28 feet wide at the base. Fine the equation, in standard form, that models the shape of the arch of the water.
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Question 708854: A new automobile engine can run on a mixture of gasoline and a substitute fuel. If gas costs $2.48 per gallon and the substitute fuel cost $1.82 per gallon, what percent of a mixture must be a substitute fuel to bring down to $2.15 per gallon?
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Question 709105: If 20 liters of an acid solution is 75% how much pure acid is in the mixture
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Question 709111: how many liters of a 15% acid solution should be mixed with a 35% acid solution to make 7 liters of a 20% acid solution?
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Question 709176: A farmer sells mixed nuts containing almonds at $4.00 per lb and cashews at $2.50 per lb. How many pounds of each kind of nut will be in a 10-lb mixture that costs $2.95?
-Im not quite sure where to start, I honestly do not understand the question. Any help towards the solution is great help.
Thanks,
Chenel.
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Question 709269: How many ml of water should be added to 15 ml of a 20% acid solution to produce a 5% acid solution?
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Question 709360: How many gallons of a 90% antifreeze solution must be mixed with 80 gallons of 25% antifreeze to get a mixture that is 80% antifreeze?
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Question 709509: A chainsaw runs on fuel that is 10% oil and 90% gas. How much oil will have to be added to 3 gallons of fuel that is 5% oil and 95% gas in order to use it in the chainsaw?
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Question 709528:
If a vat is 15% full of oil, and adding an additional 144 liters of oil makes it 75% full, then how much oil is in the container when it is full?
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Question 709532: Jack eats three fifths of a cake, and Jill eats one fourth. If there are still 24 ounces left, then how much did the whole cake weigh?
How is this question calculated? Thank you
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Question 709530: Three friends are carpooling from city A to city B. Tyrone drives first and goes one fourth of the way. Lisa then takes over, driving two thirds of the remaining distance. John must drive the rest of the way. If the total distance between the cities is 432 miles, then how far does John drive?
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Question 709609: How many liters of 20% alcohol and 75% alcohol must be mixed to obtain 32L of 40% alcohol solution?
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Question 709762: Starting with a full bucket of dirt, Sandra pours three fourths of the dirt out. Billy sees this and decides to replace two thirds of the dirt that Sandra poured out. The bucket then falls over in an earthquake, spilling 20% of the remaining dirt. What PERCENTAGE of the original amount of dirt is left in the bucket?
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Question 709760: There are 48 ounces of bleach in 4 gallons of a solution. How much bleach is in 15 quarts of the solution?

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Question 709722: RISA BOUGHT 1 3/4 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF FOR $ 2.39 PER POUND. WHATS THE TOTAL COST OF THE GROUND BEEF?
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Question 709791: A 10% solution is mixed with 1L of water to get 5L of a 4% solution. how much of the 10% solution was available at the start?
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Question 709788: How do I set up the table to find the solution to:
how many milliliters of pure water must be added to 100ml of a 4% salt solution to make a 2.5% solution?
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Question 709907: A radiator contains 10 gal of a 20% antifreeze solution. How many gallons must be drained from the radiator and replaced by pure antifreeze so that the radiator will contain 10 gal of a 50% antifreeze solution?
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Question 709962: How many quarts of pure antifreeze must be added to 8 quarts of a 10% antifreeze solution to obtain a 60% antifreeze solution?
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Question 710088: What is the percentage of $3.23 of $20.42?
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Question 710162: There is 20 gallons of 20% o.j. How many gallons must be mixed with 80% o.j. to make the mixture have 50% o.j. drink?
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Question 710265:
1. The length of the shadow of a flagpole was found to be 72 feet. The shadow of a 3 foot picket fence in line with the flagpole was 4 feet. What is the height of the flagpole?

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Question 710292: how many of 100ml will make a pound
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Question 710342: If a 7% saline solution and a 4% saline solution are mixed to make 500 milliliters of a 5% saline solution, how much of each solution, to the nearest milliliter, is needed?
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