SOLUTION: Gabe Amodeo, a nuclear physicist, needs 60 liters of a 40% acid solution. He currently has a 30 % solution and a 60 % solution. How many liters of each does he need to m
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Question 1137197: Gabe Amodeo, a nuclear physicist, needs 60 liters of a 40% acid solution. He currently has a 30 % solution and a 60 % solution. How many liters of each does he need to make the needed 60 liters of 40% acid solution?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, the 60% acid
60-x, the 30% acid
simplify and solve...
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I will assume this is from the same person who submitted the other very similar problem at the same time....
The target 40% is 1/3 of the way from the lower 30% concentration to the higher 60% concentration. That means 1/3 of the mixture must be the higher concentration.
1/3 of 60 liters is 20 liters. So
ANSWER: 20 liters of 60%; 40 liters of 30%
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