A chemical company mixes pure water with their premium antifreeze solution to create an inexpensive antifreeze mixture. The premium antifreeze solution contains  65%  pure antifreeze. The company wants to obtain  260  gallons of a mixture that contains  30%  pure antifreeze. How many gallons of water and how many gallons of the premium antifreeze solution must be mixed?

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A chemical company mixes pure water with their premium antifreeze solution to create an inexpensive antifreeze mixture. The premium antifreeze solution contains 

65%

 pure antifreeze. The company wants to obtain 

260

 gallons of a mixture that contains 

30%

 pure antifreeze. How many gallons of water and how many gallons of the premium antifreeze solution must be mixed?

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