Question

Hanna makes her own furniture polish using thirty percent vinegar and seventy percent olive oil. Write and solve an equation to determine how much total solution she made if she used fourteen tablespoons of olive oil. Show your work.

Answer 1

.35v+.75o=14

Answer 2

.35v+.75o=14o

Answer 3

One sec let me work this out.

Answer 4

70% olive oil is used and the quantity of olive oil is 14 tablespoons
So, 70% of the solution is 14tablespoons
Let the total solution be x
(70/100)x = 14
x = 20
So, total solution is 20tablespoons

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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