SOLUTION: A 34% acid solutionis mixed with a 54% acid solution to produce 700 liters of a 45% acidsolution. How many liters of each acid solution was mixed?

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Question 1109068: A 34% acid solutionis mixed with a 54% acid solution to produce 700 liters of a 45% acidsolution. How many liters of each acid solution was mixed?
Answer by ikleyn(52909)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x = amt of the 34% acid solution to be mixed.


Acid content + acid content = final acid content


0.34x        + 0.54*(700-x) = 0.45*700.


Continue from this point and solve for x.

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