SOLUTION: A chemist wishes to make 12 and 1/2 liters of an acid solution by using water and acid in the ratio 3:2. how many liters should she use?

Question 1130115: A chemist wishes to make 12 and 1/2 liters of an acid solution by using water and acid in the ratio 3:2. how many liters should she use?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
liters of the water. The rest is the acid.
(That is, if water:acid is ratio 3:2 ).
Answer by ikleyn(52799) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The problem says that there are 3 equal parts (volumes) of water and 2 equal parts (volumes) of acid. It means 5 parts of the mixture liquid, in all. 5 parts comprise 12.5 liters - hence, each part is = 2.5 liters. Thus you get the answer: 3*2.5 liters = 7.5 liters of water and 2*2.5 liters = 5 liters of the acid.

Solved.

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