You have a large container of castor oil. You have used 34 quarts of oil. Fifteen percent of the castor oil remains. How many q

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You have a large container of castor oil. You have used 34 quarts of oil.
Fifteen percent of the castor oil remains. How many quarts of castor oil
remain?
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Phúc Điền 5 years 2021-08-03T05:09:25+00:00 1 Answers 36 views 0

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  1. thongdat2
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    2021-08-03T05:11:18+00:00
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    Answer:  6 quarts

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    Explanation:

    x = original amount of caster oil (in quarts)

    Since 15% remains, this means you used 85% of the original amount x.

    Note how 15% + 85% = 100%

    So,

    85% of x = 34 quarts

    0.85x = 34

    x = 34/0.85

    x = 40

    You started with 40 quarts of oil.

    15% of that remains, meaning 0.15*40 = 6 quarts of oil are left over.

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    We could also solve like this

    (amount used)/(amount total) = (percent)/(100)

    34/x = 85/100

    34*100 = x*85

    3400 = 85x

    85x = 3400

    x = 3400/85

    x = 40

    So we end up with the same x value as before, and we follow the same set of steps at the end of the first section to end up with the answer of 6 quarts.

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