Paula Scott, a massage therapist needs 3 ounces of a 20% lavender
oil solution. She has only 5% and 30% lavender oil solutions available.
How many ounces of each should Paula mix to obtain the desired
solution?
Jennifer has a recipe that calls for horseradish sauce that is 45% pure horseradish. At the grocery store she finds one horseradish sauce that is 30% pure horseradish and another that is 80% pure horseradish. How many teaspoons of each of these horseradish sauces should Jennifer mix together to get 4 teaspoons of horseradish sauce that is 45% pure horseradish?
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