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Question 893933: Two questions related to the same topic:
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Question 893994: I posted the two part word problem listed bottom of the this post and r
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Question 894030: Michael's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Michael $4.60 per pound, and type B coffee costs $5.95 per pound. This month's blend used three times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $830.65. How many pounds of type A coffee were used?
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Question 894162: If it takes 8 oz of solution per 100 gallons, how many ml would it take for 1 gallon?
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Question 894165: how many gallons of 15% alcohol solution and how many gallons of 10% alcohol solution should be mixed together to obtain 20 gallons that contains 12% alcohol?
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Question 894173: a chemist has two solutions of HNO3. One has a 40% concentration and the other has a 25% concentration. How many liters of each solution must be mixed to obtain 70 liters of a 32% solution
x=40%=0.4x
25%=70-x
0.25(70-x)
0.4x+0.25(70-x)=32
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Question 894280: if a football match ball is kicked thrice by all 11 players in 1 hour then calculate % of ball kicked by three players
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Question 894314: how many cc of water must be added 100cc of 80% solution of boric acid to reduce it to a 50% solution?
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Question 893285: If $5000 is 100% of my goal, but I only have $73, what percent of my goal has been reached?
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Question 894436: Convert 2,378 feet into meters.?
How many seconds are in 768 days?
A car has traveled 7.2 miles how many inches did the car travel.?
How many centuries have I been alive?
If a truck has a mass of 23,456kg what is it's mass in milligram.?
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Question 894404: Janice divides her weekly pay of $685 in a ration of 3:2. She spends 3 parts on bill and food and remaining 2 parts on entertainment. How much money does she spend on entertainment?
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Question 894478: Convert
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Question 894476: How many centiliters are in 3.7 gallons
Write 2,465 milliseconds as seconds
How many milligrams are in a 22 ounce steak
How many hours are there in 6.5 centuries
Convert 34,823 centimeters into miles
Convert 36 inches into feet
Convert 4 cups to gallons
Convert 3 miles into feet
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Question 894575: 5(2+3x)<3-2x
Solve for x
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Question 894881: Hi. I need help with mixtures I went over this topic last year in school but completely forgot how to do it. Here is the problem.
a pharmacist needs to strengthen a 20% alcohol solution so that it contains 36% alcohol. how much pure alcohol should be added to 240 milliliters of the 20% solution?
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Question 895230: what is the sum of 60 mL in liters?
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Question 895195: student working at a refreshment stand mixed cranberry juice at .50 per liter and apple juice at .35 per liter to make 120L of a fruit drink worth .40 per liter. How many liters of each did they use?
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Question 895325: What percent of the distance covered by an Olympic triathlon do athletes cycle if they swim for 3% run for 20% and cycle the remainder
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Question 895322: Complete the pattern 43,37,31,25,_,_
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Question 895297: A food chemist has 200 gallons of vinegar that is 4% acetic acid. How much acetic acid must be added to get the acetic acid up to 5%?
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Question 895392: What quantity of 60 percent acid solution must be mixed with a 30 percent solution to produce 720 mL of a 50 percent solution? Not sure How to set this up and solve please help guide me if possible.
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Question 895397: Alberto asked you to make 14.4 L of fruit punch that contains 70% fruit juice by mixing together some sweet tropical fruit punch and some apple juice. How much of each ingredient do you need if the sweet tropical fruit punch contains 28% juice?
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Question 895384: 3 yds to the power of 3 of soil containing 52% sand was mixed into 4yds3 of soil containing 24% sand what is the sand content of mixture?
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Question 895465: How many liters of a 20% soul utopian of a chemical should be mixed with 15l of a 50% solutionto get a 30% solution ?

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Question 895620: A chemist needs 210 milliliters of a 44% solution but has only 32% and 53% solutions available. Find how many milliliters of each that should be mixed to get the desired solution.

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Question 895708: A chemist has two solutions. One is 27% salt, and the other is 43% salt. How much of each solution should be mixed together to make 44mL of a solution that is 39% salt?
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Question 895721: I mixed one cup of water with a quarter cup of table salt. I noticed that the volume was then only one and an eighth cups, not one and a quarter cups as expected. Why ?

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Question 895730: I'm trying to mix oils. The recipe calls for 5,670 grams of myrrh and a hin or 1 liter of olive oil. I want to make a smaller version. i am starting with 10 ml of myrrh and need to know how much olive oil to use. I need to know how to figure out the ratio of olive oil to myrrh from the original recipe so I know how much oil I need in my smaller mixture. Please help.
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Question 895722: I have to show the work as well as give the correct answer. How many gallons of 50% antifreeze must be mixed with 90 gallons of 10% antifreeze to get a mixture that is 40% antifreeze? use the six step method.
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Question 895905: "the manager of a gourmet coffee and tea store is mixing two green teas, one worth 7 dollars per pound and one worth 9 dollars per pound. He wants to obtain 32 pounds of tea worth 8.50 dollars per pound. How much of each tea should he use?"
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Question 895955: if i have 100 bottles of 100% alcohol and an unlimited supply of 50% alcohol how many 50% would i have to add to make it 80%
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Question 895940: -2(7-n)+4
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Question 895961: what is this name three numbers between 0.33 and 0.34
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Question 896055: If a medicine is mixed three parts water to one part solution, and this made 80ml of medicine. How much solution was used? 10,20,30,40 or 180ml
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Question 896188: she need to prepare 150 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for 4.97 per pound. she plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing 6.25 per pound and a cheaper quality bean at 3.50 per pound. to the nearest pound, find how much high-quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she would blend
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Question 896179: Ted wants to make a 48% sugar solution. He has already poured 7 fl. oz of a 32% sugar solution into a beaker. How many fl. oz of a 62% sugar solution must he add to this to create the desired mixture?
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Question 896286: Question: How much pure alcohol should be added to 30 quarts of a 15% solution of alcohol to give a solution that is 60% alcohol?
*Set the equation up in terms of alcohol and solve.

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Question 896371: a pharmacist wishes to mis a solution that is 6% Minoxidil. she has on hand 60ml of a 4% solution and wishes to add some 8% solution to obtain the desired 6% solution. How much of the 8% solution shoul she add.
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Question 896383: A bulk foods department purchaser wants to mix up to 20 pounds of trail mix consisting of peanuts, chocolate candies, and raisins. The mixture should contain twice as many peanuts as raisins(by weight) and the amount of raisins and chocolate candies should be equal. If the peanuts cost $2.40 per pound, chocolate candies cost $1.80 per pound, and raisins cost $3.20 per pound, how many pounds of each ingredient should be used in order to create the trail mix and how much will it cost per pound?
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Question 896381: Lemon drops worth $3.80 per pound are to be mixed with jelly beans that cost $2.40 per pound to make a mixture worth $2.96 per pound. How many pounds of each candy should be used?
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