Water from the ocean has 3.5% salt, and water from the Dead Sea has 33.7% salt....

 

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Water from the ocean has 3.5% salt, and water from the Dead Sea has 33.7% salt. If someone has 10 gallons of ocean water, how many gallons of water from the Dead Sea (measured to the nearest hundredth of a gallon) need to be added so that the solution has 10% salt? Water from the ocean has 3.5% salt, and water from the Dead Sea has 33.7% salt. If someone has 10 gallons of ocean water, how many gallons of water from the Dead Sea (measured to the nearest hundredth of a gallon) need to be added so that the solution has 10% salt?

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