SOLUTION: solution A is 40% acid and solution b is 65% acid.How much of each solution is needed to make 100 liters of a solution that is 55% acid?

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Question 375435: solution A is 40% acid and solution b is 65% acid.How much of each solution is needed to make 100 liters of a solution that is 55% acid?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Multiply eq. 1 by -8 and add to eq. 2,


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Then from eq. 1,

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