SOLUTION: A chemist has one solution that is 80% acid and a second solution that is 44% acid. She wants to combine the solutions to make a new solution that is 53% acid. If she needs to make

Question 322824: A chemist has one solution that is 80% acid and a second solution that is 44% acid. She wants to combine the solutions to make a new solution that is 53% acid. If she needs to make 320 Milliliters of this new solution, how many milliliters of the two solutions should be mixed?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A be the amount of 80% solution, B the amount of 44% solution.
1.
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2.
From eq. 1,

Substitute into eq. 2,

Then from eq. 1,

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80 ml of 80% solution and 240 ml of 44% solution.

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