SOLUTION: Please help me solve this. Anne has two solutions, one with 6% iron and one with 2% iron. How many liters of each solution should be mixed to create 16 liters of a solution with

SOLUTION: Please help me solve this. Anne has two solutions, one with 6% iron and one with 2% iron. How many liters of each solution should be mixed to create 16 liters of a solution with

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Anne has two solutions, one with 6% iron and one with 2% iron. How many liters of each solution should be mixed to create 16 liters of a solution with 3% iron content?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.06X+.02(16-X)=.03*16
.06X+.32-.02X=.48
.04X=.48-.32
.04X=.16
X=.16/.04
X=4 LITERS OF 6% IRON IS NEEDED.
14-4=10 LITERS OF 2% IRON IS NEEDED.
PROOF
.06*4+.02*10=.48
.24+20=.48
.48=.48
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