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How many quarts of pure antifreeze must be added to 6 quarts of a 20% antifreeze solution to obtain a 60%
antifreeze solution? (Hint: pure antifreeze is 100% antifreeze.)
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sqdancefan

Answer:

  6 quarts

Step-by-step explanation:

You want to know the number of quarts of 100% antifreeze to add to 6 quarts of 20% antifreeze to make a 60% solution.

Setup

Let x represent the number of quarts of 100% antifreeze added to the solution. Then the total amount of antifreeze in the mixture is ...

  20%(6) +100%(x) = 60%(6 +x)

Solution

Simplifying the equation, we have ...

  1.2 +x = 3.6 +0.6x

  0.4x = 2.4 . . . . . . . . . subtract 0.6x+1.2 from both sides

  x = 6 . . . . . . . . . . divide by 0.4

6 quarts of pure antifreeze must be added.

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