.
There are several ways to solve it.
One way is to solve the system of 2 equations
x + y = 3.2 for the total volume of two solutions (in liters) (1)
0.047x + 0.19y = 0.086*3.2 for the mass of salt (in kilograms) (2)
You may use the Elimination method. For it, multiply eq(1) by 0.047 (both sides). Keep eq(2) as is. You will get
0.047x + 0.047y = 0.047*3.2 (3)
0.047x + 0.19y = 0.086*3.2 (4) ( same as (2) )
Now subtract eq(3) from eq(4). You will get
(0.19y - 0.047y) = 0.086*3.2 - 0.047*3.2
which gives you y = .
Now I copy this formula in MS Excel in my computer and get the answer in one click: y = 0.873.
Then from eq(1), x = 3.2 - 0.873 = 2.327.
Answer. 2.327 liters of the 4.7% solution and 0.873 liters of the 19% solution.
Solved.
Notice that in the course of my solution I didn't make intermediate calculations.
It is simply in order for do not spend my efforts for nothing.
Instead, I collected everything into the final formula.
Then my MS Excel gave me the answer in one click.
---------------------
It is a standard and typical mixture problem.
For introductory lessons covering various types of mixture word problems see
- Mixture problems
- More Mixture problems
- Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions
- Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive
in this site.
You will find there ALL TYPICAL mixture problems with different methods of solutions,
explained at different levels of detalization, from very detailed to very short.
Read them and become an expert in solution mixture word problems.
Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
- ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.
The referred lessons are the part of this textbook in the section "Word problems" under the topic "Mixture problems".
Save the link to this online textbook together with its description
Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson
to your archive and use it when it is needed.