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At the end of the summer, John discovers that his radiator antifreeze solution has dropped below the safe level. If the radiator contains 4 gallons of a 25% solution, how many gallons of pure antifreeze must he add to bring it up to a desired 50% solution? Will mark brainliest

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Answer:

2 gallons

Step-by-step explanation:

The radiator contains 4 gallons of a 25% solution.

There are [tex]4\cdot 0.25=1[/tex] gallon of antifreeze in these 4 gallons.

Let x gallons of antifreeze is the amount of antifreeze that should be added, then

[tex]1+x \ - \ 50\%\ [\text{Amount of antifreeze}]\\ \\4+x\ -\ 100\%\ [\text{Total amount}][/tex]

Write a proportion:

[tex]\dfrac{1+x}{4+x}=\dfrac{50}{100}[/tex]

Cross multiply:

[tex]100(1+x)=50(4+x)\\ \\100+100x=200+50x\\ \\100x-50x=200-100\\ \\50x=100\\ \\x=2[/tex]

Answer:

2

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