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Mixture Problems.

1) How many liters of water must be added to 20 liters of 60% salt solution to produce 30%
salt solution?

2) How many liters of water must be added to 50 liters of 80% acid mixture to produce 10%
acid mixture?

3) How many liters of alcohol must be added to 70 liters of 20% alcohol solution to produce
30% alcohol solution?

4) How much water must be evaporated from 40 liters of 20% salt mixture to produce 90%
salt mixture?

5) 30 liters of 10% acid mixture was added to 20 liters of 60% acid mixture. What is the
percent of acid in final mixture?

6) 20% of mixture was poured out from 500 grams of 60% mixture and then refilled with
water. What is the percentage of final mixture?

7) How many gallons of acid must be added to G gallons of a k% acid solution to bring it up to
an m% solution?

8) 30 liters of 20% salt mixture was added to 20 liters of 30% salt mixture. What is the
percent of salt in final mixture?

9) 8 liters of 5% mixture was added to 12 liters of 10% mixture. What is the percentage of
final mixture?

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10) M gallons of a p% salt solution must be mixed up with G gallons of a q% salt solution to
produce an r% solution. Express r in terms of M, G, p, and q.

11) How many quarts of water must be added to 6 quarts of 96% alcohol solution to produce
80% alcohol solution?

12) 20% of mixture was poured out from 400 grams of 60% alcohol mixture and then refilled
with water. What is the percentage of alcohol in final mixture?

13) How much water must be evaporated from 60 liters of 60% salt mixture to produce 80%
salt mixture?

14) 15 gallons of 4% salt solution was added to 5 gallons of 12% salt solution. What is the
percentage of salt in final solution?

15) How much water must be evaporated from 80 liters of 60% salt mixture in order to get
80% salt mixture?

16) What is percentage of sugar in syrup made from 240 grams of sugar and 360 grams of
water?

17) 20% of mixture was poured out from 60% alcohol mixture and then refilled with water
instead. What is the percentage of alcohol in final mixture?

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18) If 1 cup of milk is added to a 3-cup mixture that is flour and milk, what percent of the
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4-cup mixture is milk?

19) How many pounds of salt must be added to M pounds of a t% salt solution to make an n%
solution?

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20) A certain brand of soup contains 10 percent tomato paste by volume. Which expression
represents the percent of tomato paste by volume in a mixture of s cups of soup and w cups of
water?

21) How many liters of a 25% saline solution must be added to 3 liters of a 10% saline solution
to obtain a 15% saline solution?

22) How many gallons of water must be added to 40 gallons of 10% alcohol solution to produce
a 8% alcohol solution?

23) How many gallons of 20% salt solution must be added to 10 gallons of a 50% salt solution
to produce 30% salt solution?

24) How many quarts of alcohol must be added to 10 quarts of a 25% alcohol solution to
produce 40% alcohol solution?

25) How many pints of water must be added to 5 pints of 96% alcohol solution to produce 80%
alcohol solution?

26) How many gallons of water must be added to 4 gallons of 75% alcohol solution in order to
get 60% alcohol solution?

27) How many liters of acid must be added to 20 liters of 25% acid solution to produce a 50%
acid solution?

28) How much water must be added to 30 liters of 90% alcohol mixture in order to get 80%
alcohol mixture?

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29) 10 quarts of 40% salt solution was added to 40 quarts of 10% salt solution. What is the
percentage of salt in final solution?

30) Regular blend coffee that sells for $3.00 a pound is to be mixed with a premium blend of
coffee that sells for $4.50 a pound to produce 30 pounds of coffee that sells for $4.00 a pound.
How many pounds of regular coffee should be in the mixture?

31) If a solution of iodine and alcohol contains 4 ounces of iodine and 16 ounces of alcohol, how
many ounces of alcohol should evaporate, so that the ratio of iodine to the solution is 2 to 3?

32) 20% of solution was poured out from 500 pounds of 50% salt solution and then refilled with
water instead. What is the percentage of salt in final solution?

33) P liters of an a% salt solution must be mixed up with Q liters of a b% salt solution to
produce a c% solution. Express c in terms of P, Q, a and b.

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Answers

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1) 20 2) 350 3) 10 4) 31 5) 30%
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G (m − k ) pM + qG
6) 48% 7) 8) 24% 9) 8% 10) =r
100 − m M+ G

11) 1,2 12) 48% 13) 15 14) 6% 15) 20

nM − Mt 10s
16) 40% 17) 48% 18) 70% 19) 20) %
100 − n s+w

21) 1.5 22) 10 23) 20 24) 2.5 25) 1

26) 1 27) 10 28) 3,75 29) 16% 30) 10

aP + bQ
31) 14 32) 40% 33) c =
P+Q

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