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How many quarts of water must be added to 4 quarts of an 80% mixture to obtain a 50% mixture?

x represents quarts of water to be added to the ____% mixture.
x + 4 represents the total quarts of the mixture at ____%.

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1st. is 80%

2nd. is 50%

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first one is 80%

second one is 50%

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