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Mixing Antifreeze in a Radiator Steve’s car had a large radiator that contained an unknown amount of pure water. He added two quarts of antifreeze to the radiator. After testing, he decided that the percentage of antifreeze in the radiator was not large enough. Not knowing how to solve mixture problems, Steve decided to add one quart of water and another quart of antifreeze to the radiator to see what he would get. After testing he found that the last addition increased the percentage of antifreeze by three percentage points. How much water did the radiator contain originally?
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