SOLUTION: If you have 98 pints of gas A and 32 pints of gas B and combined octane is 85%, then you has 40 pints of A and 80 pints of gas B with the combined octaine equaling 75%. what is the

Question 1786: If you have 98 pints of gas A and 32 pints of gas B and combined octane is 85%, then you has 40 pints of A and 80 pints of gas B with the combined octaine equaling 75%. what is the octane of A and B?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
sorry, i am stumped with this one, as i do not understand how octane relates to the volume of its constituent gases, so i cannot model it and therefore cannot solve it for you.
Jon.
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