SOLUTION: How many liters of 80% alcohol must be added to 10 liters of a 50% solution to obtain a 70% solution?
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Question 114743: How many liters of 80% alcohol must be added to 10 liters of a 50% solution to obtain a 70% solution?
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How many liters of 80% alcohol must be added to 10 liters of a 50% solution to obtain a 70% solution?
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A typical mixture equation. If you learn this method you can do all of them:
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Let x = amt of 80% stuff
then
(x+10) = resulting amt
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.8x + .5(10) = .7(x+10)
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.8x + 5 = .7x + 7
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.8x - .7x = 7 - 5
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.1x = 2
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x = 2/.1
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x = 20 liters of the 80% stuff
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Resulting amt would be 30 liters, check our solutions
.8(20) + .5(10) = .7(30)
16 + 5 = 21
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