SOLUTION: How many ounces of a 25% acid solution should be mixed with a 50% acid solution to produce 100 ounces of a 40% acid solution?

Question 339125: How many ounces of a 25% acid solution should be mixed with a 50% acid solution to produce 100 ounces of a 40% acid solution?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A be the amount of 25% acid solution, B the amount of 50% acid solution.
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Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2,

ounces
Then from eq. 1,

ounces
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