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HeatherG
Jun 3, 2010, 10:07 PM
How many quarts of pure antifreeze must be adddd to 9 quarts of a 10% antifreeze solution to obtain a 20% antifreeze solution?

galactus
Jun 4, 2010, 03:59 AM
Let x be the amount of pure antifreeze to be added.

If we add this to the 9 quarts, how much do we have? 9+x quarts. We are told this must be 20%.

So, we have

x+.10(9)=.20(x+9)

Solve for x.