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Petrolium motor oil is a combination of natural oil and synthetic oil. It contains 7 liters of natural oil for every 4 liters of synthetic oil. In order to make 814 liters of Petrolyn oil, how many liters of synthetic oil are needed?

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4/11 of the motor oil is synthetic oil

ratio is 4:11
multiply that by 74, you get the ratio of natural oil to petroleum oil is 296:814.

you need 296 liters of synthetic oil
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