A vat contains 4000liters of wine with an alcohol content of 10%. How much of this wine must be removed so that , when it is replaced by a wine with an alcohol content of 17%, the alcohol content in the final mixture will be 12%?

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A vat contains 4000liters of wine with an alcohol content of 10%. How much of this wine must be removed so that , when it is replaced by a wine with an alcohol content of 17%, the alcohol content in the final mixture will be 12%?
(c). A vat contains 4000 litres of wine with an alcohol content of 10%. How much of this wine must be
removed so that, when it is replaced by a wine with an alcohol content of 17%, the alcohol content in the
final mixture will be 12%?
Transcribed Image Text:(c). A vat contains 4000 litres of wine with an alcohol content of 10%. How much of this wine must be removed so that, when it is replaced by a wine with an alcohol content of 17%, the alcohol content in the final mixture will be 12%?
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