SOLUTION: To produce 20 liters of a 45% alcohol solution by mixing together a 60% solution and a 35% solution, how many liters of a 60% solution should be used?

Question 358567: To produce 20 liters of a 45% alcohol solution by mixing together a 60% solution and a 35% solution, how many liters of a 60% solution should be used?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let A be the amount of 60% solution, B the amount of 35% solution.
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Multiply eq. 1 by (-7) and add to eq. 2 to eliminate B and solve for A.

liters.

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