One gallon of fuel mixture contains antifreeze in the ratio of 5 parts fuel to one part antifreeze. To this is added half a gallon of mixture which is one third antifreeze and two thirds fuel. What is the ratio of fuel to antifreeze in the final mixture?

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20-03-2014
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One gallon of fuel mixture contains antifreeze in the ratio of 5 parts fuel to one part antifreeze. To this is added half a gallon of mixture which is one third antifreeze and two thirds fuel. What is the ratio of fuel to antifreeze in the final mixture?

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Anonymous Anonymous · Answer 1 · 2014-03-20T20:53:45-04:00

1 gal (initial) = (5/6) parts fuel & (1/6) parts antifreeze= total of 6 parts
0.5 gal (add'l) = (2/3) parts fuel & (1/3) parts antifreeze = total of 3 parts

adding the two
Fuel: 1gal(5/6 parts) + 0.5gal(2/3 parts) = 7/6 parts in 1.5 total gallons
Antifreeze: 1gal(1/6 parts) + 0.5gal(1/3 parts) = 2/6 parts in 1.5 total gallons

thus with a common denominator provides a ratio of 7:2 (fuel:antifreeze)