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How many gallons of pure alcohol should be mixed with 20 gal of a 15% alcohol

solution to obtain a mixture that is 25% alcohol?

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Answer: 20 gallon or 11 gallon

Step-by-step explanation: let gallon of pure alcohol added to 15% mixture to make it up to 25% 15%alchol of 20 gallon can be shown as 15/100*20+× = (251 100) (×+20) 3+×=0.25× +5 0.75×=2 ×=2.66 gallon hence,2.66 gallon of pure alcohol need to added to 2 gallon 15% alcohol to obtain 25% solution.

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