SOLUTION: Hydrochloric acid and distilled water were mixed to produce 210 mL of solution. If 120 mL more water was used than HCL, how many milliliters of each were mixed?

Question 324805: Hydrochloric acid and distilled water were mixed to produce 210 mL of solution. If 120 mL more water was used than HCL, how many milliliters of each were mixed?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A be the amount of acid, B the amount of water.

Substitute eq. 2 into eq. 1,

Then

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