A car radiator has a 16-quart capacity and is currently filled with a 40% antifreeze solution. How many quarts of the solution should be drained off and replaced with 100% antifreeze so that the radiator is filled with a 50% antifreeze solution? Express your answer as a common fraction.

Respuesta :

The quarts of the antifreeze solution required to achieve 50% content of the antifreeze solution is 1/2.

Data and Calculations:

The capacity of the car radiator = 16-quarts

Antifreeze solution content = 40% or 6.4 quarts (16 x 40%)

Therefore, to fill the radiator with 50% antifreeze solution, 8/16 or 1/2 (16 x 50%) should be the quarts of the antifreeze solution.

Thus, the quarts of the antifreeze solution required to achieve 50% content of the antifreeze solution is 1/2.

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