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Farah mixed salt, vinegar in the ratio 3:7If .56 liter of vinegar used, how much salt did she use

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salt solution.
asked Mar 10, 2014 in GEOMETRY by johnkelly Apprentice

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Farah mixed the ratio salt and vinegar is 3 : 7.

Use of vinegar is 56 liters.

Assume that the salt is 3 x liters and vinegar is 7 x liters.

So 7 x = 56

x = 56 / 7

x = 8.

Use of salt is 3 x

= 3 * 8 = 24 liters

Therefore use of salt is  24 liters.

answered Apr 2, 2014 by friend Mentor

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