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I take it that there should be percentage signs in this question. How many gallons of pure water must be added to 10 gallons of 30% saltwater to make a solution that is 25% saltwater?" If 30% of the 10 gallons is saltwater that means that 3 gallons are saltwater. As only pure water will be added, we need to find out how many gallons = 100% if 3 gallons = 25%. The relationship of 100 to 25 is 4 : 1, so there will need to be a total of (3 x 4) gallons at the end of the operation. As 3 x 4 = 12, and as we started with 10 gallons, that means that we need to add 2 gallons of pure water.

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