SOLUTION: In the lab, Brian has two solutions that contain alcohol and is mixing them with each other. He uses 3 times as much Solution A as Solution B. Solution A is 20% alcohol and Soluti

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Question 1147374: In the lab, Brian has two solutions that contain alcohol and is mixing them with each other. He uses 3 times as much Solution A as Solution B. Solution A is 20% alcohol and Solution B is 17% alcohol. How many milliliters of Solution B does he use, if the resulting mixture has 154 milliliters of pure alcohol?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b, volume solution B
3b, volume solution A


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