SOLUTION: In a lab, a 30% acid solution is being mixed with a 5% acid solution to create a 10% acid solution. What is the ratio of the amount of the 30% solution to the amount of 5% solution

Question 1012272: In a lab, a 30% acid solution is being mixed with a 5% acid solution to create a 10% acid solution. What is the ratio of the amount of the 30% solution to the amount of 5% solution used to create the 10% solution?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, how much 5% acid
1, the one unit for the completed solution;
1-x, how much 30% acid

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Ratio of the 30% to the 5% acids is 1:4.
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