SOLUTION: A chemist has one solution that is 25% salt and 75% water and another solution that is only 5% salt. How many milliliters of each should the chemist use to make 1600mL of a solutio

Question 123639: A chemist has one solution that is 25% salt and 75% water and another solution that is only 5% salt. How many milliliters of each should the chemist use to make 1600mL of a solution that is 15% salt?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In words:
(total salt) / (total solution) = .15
Let = ml of 1st solution
Let = ml of 2nd solution

Also given is

I can substitute for and for

800 ml of each solution should be used
check:

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