SOLUTION: In the lab, Chang has two solutions that contain alcohol and is mixing them with each other. He uses 500 milliliters less of Solution A than Solution B. Solution A is 16% alcohol a
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Question 824473: In the lab, Chang has two solutions that contain alcohol and is mixing them with each other. He uses 500 milliliters less of Solution A than Solution B. Solution A is 16% alcohol and Solution B is 10% alcohol. How many milliliters of Solution A does he use, if the resulting mixture has 76 milliliters of pure alcohol?
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In the lab, Chang has two solutions that contain alcohol and is mixing them with each other. He uses 500 milliliters less of Solution A than Solution B. Solution A is 16% alcohol and Solution B is 10% alcohol. How many milliliters of Solution A does he use, if the resulting mixture has 76 milliliters of pure alcohol?
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Total amt. of liquid: x + (x-500) = 2x-500
Equation:
alch + alch = alch
0.16(x-500) + 0.10x = 76
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Multiply thru by 100
16x-16*500 + 10x = 100*76
26x = 7600+8000
26x = 15600
x = 600 ml (amt. of 10% solution needed)
x-500 = 100 ml (amt of 16% solution needed)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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