SOLUTION: a chemist needs 16 liters of a 15% saline solution. she has two saline solutions with strenghts 12% and 20% respectively. compute the volume of each solution that should be added t

Question 842959: a chemist needs 16 liters of a 15% saline solution. she has two saline solutions with strenghts 12% and 20% respectively. compute the volume of each solution that should be added to get 16 liters of the 15% total mixture
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The assumption used will be that the percents given are as weight per volume for the saline solutions.

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More thorough instruction is :
"Mixing two concentrations for known amount of mixture",
http://www.algebra.com/tutors/Mixtures%3A-All-in-Symbols.lesson?content_action=show_dev
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