SOLUTION: To create 10 L of a 15% acid solution, Julia decides to mix a 10% acid solution with a 30% acid solution. How many liters of the 10% acid solution and how many liters of the 30% a

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Question 1165562: To create 10 L of a 15% acid solution, Julia decides to mix a 10% acid solution with a
30% acid solution. How many liters of the 10% acid solution and how many liters of the 30% acid
solutions should she use?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Notice the desired result 15% is closer to 10% than to 30%. More of the 10% will be needed than of the 30%.

v how many liters of the 30%


Simplify and compute v, and then find 10-v.

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