SOLUTION: Two different mixtures of gasohol are available, one with 5% alcohol and the other containing 14% alcohol. How many gallons of the 14% mixture must be added to the 293 gal of the 5

Question 1197546: Two different mixtures of gasohol are available, one with 5% alcohol and the other containing 14% alcohol. How many gallons of the 14% mixture must be added to the 293 gal of the 5% mixture to produce a mixture containing 9% alcohol?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
v gallons of the 14%
293 gallons of the 5%

---------to account for the pure alcohol between the two separate parts and the mixture of those parts.

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