SOLUTION: If you mix 10 ounces of a 12% alcohol solution with two ounces of a 40% alcohol solution, what is the concentration of alcohol in the final mixture?

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Question 1124589: If you mix 10 ounces of a 12% alcohol solution with two ounces of a 40% alcohol solution, what is the concentration of alcohol in the final mixture?
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The final concentration is


     =  =  = 0.16667 = 16.67% (approximately).

The numerator is the volume of the pure alcohol in the mixture in ounces;

the denominator is the total liquid volume.

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