SOLUTION: A chemical company makes two brands of antifreeze. The first brand is 70% pure antifreeze and the second brand is 95% pure antifreeze. In order to obtain 60 gallons of a mixture th

Question 1176272: A chemical company makes two brands of antifreeze. The first brand is 70% pure antifreeze and the second brand is 95% pure antifreeze. In order to obtain 60 gallons of a mixture that contains 85% pure antifreeze, how many gallons of each brand of antifreeze must be used?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
70%, the low concentration
95%, the high concentration
85%, the mix concentration
60 gallons , how much of the mix result

v, amount of the high concentration antifreeze

--------and you can finish from here.
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