SOLUTION: Heath wants 10 L of a solution that is 90% bleach. He will combine pure bleach with a mixture that is 20% bleach. Write a system of equations to model the problem. Use p for the nu

Question 1023365: Heath wants 10 L of a solution that is 90% bleach. He will combine pure bleach with a mixture that is 20% bleach. Write a system of equations to model the problem. Use p for the number of liters of pure bleach and m for the number of liters of the mixture the is 20% bleach
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Heath wants 10 L of a solution that is 90% bleach. He will combine pure bleach with a mixture that is 20% bleach. Write a system of equations to model the problem. Use p for the number of liters of pure bleach and m for the number of liters of the mixture the is 20% bleach
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20*m + 100*p = 10*90
m + p = 10

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