SOLUTION: A mixture contains five quarts of acid and water and is forty per cent acid.If the mixture is to be weakened to thirty per cent,how much water must be added?
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Question 242256: A mixture contains five quarts of acid and water and is forty per cent acid.If the mixture is to be weakened to thirty per cent,how much water must be added?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first mixture + second mixture = total mixture
5x + 0.40x = 0.30(x + 5)
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