Answer:
10
Step-by-step explanation:
We will use a system of equations to solve this. We do not know how much of the 25% bleach solution is used; we will use x to represent this. We know that 5 cups of the 10% solution was used. We do not know how much of the resulting solution we have; we will use y to represent this. This gives us the equation
x+5 = y
Using the decimal forms of the percentages for each solution, we have 0.25x (25% solution for x cups), 0.1(5) (10% solution for 5 cups) and 0.2y (20% solution for y cups); this gives us the equation
0.25x+0.1(5) = 0.2y
This gives us the system

To use elimination, we will make the coefficients of x the same by multiplying the top equation by 0.25:

We will now subtract the second equation from the first:

Divide both sides by 0.05:
0.75/0.05 = 0.05y/0.05
15 = y
There were 15 cups of the resulting 20% solution. Substituting this into the first equation, we have
x+5=15
Subtract 5 from each side:
x+5-5=15-5
x = 10
<h3>Answer:</h3>
It depends:
- 4 if she starts at 4
- 5 if she starts at 0
<h3>Explanation:</h3>
Louise needs to end up a total of 5 times 4 away from zero.
If she starts at 4, which is 1 times 4, then she needs to jump 4 more times, to 2, 3, 4, 5 times 4.
If she starts at 0, then she needs to jump 5 times to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 times 4. (The values at the end of each jump will be {4, 8, 12, 16, 20}.)
Answer:
6.5%
Step-by-step explanation:
sales price x sales tax rate = sales tax
156.50 x sales tax rate = 10.17
sales tax rate = 10.17/156.50
sales tax rate = .065 or 6.5%