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Did you use a calculator for that figure? Just curious, my buddy and I have been trying to figure it out for a half an hour or so. I would like to know the actual calculations to come up with the final value.
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Math quiz: You have 17 quarts of fluid. You change 41% of the fluid and it all mixes together. You change another 41% of the fluid and once again it all mixes together. One final time you change 41% of the fluid, what percentage of the old fluid is still left in the mix?
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Am I helping you and your buddy with your math homework or something!
The way I figured it was you started with 100% and changed 41% which left 59%
So the first oil change left 59% original oil
Then you changed another 41% which left 59% of the original 59% (.59 *.41 = 0.24 or 24% of the original)
Then you changed 41% of the last 24% (.59 * .24 = .1416 or 14.16% of the starting 17 quarts)
Therefore of the original 17 quarts you have 17 * 0.1416 or 2.4072 quarts remaining...
My guess at least...
Joe.
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Thanks for the math lesson Joe! 
I just wanted to make sure I was doing my math right and if not I wanted to learn the correct way. :P
I just wanted to make sure I was doing my math right and if not I wanted to learn the correct way. :P
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