SOLUTION: a 20 liter container is filled with pure acid. five liters of the mixture are drawn off and replaced with water and so on until 5 drawing and 5 replacements have been made. find th

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Question 727984: a 20 liter container is filled with pure acid. five liters of the mixture are drawn off and replaced with water and so on until 5 drawing and 5 replacements have been made. find the amount of acid in the final mixture
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
After 1st replacement,
there is liters of acid in 20 liters of solution
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After 2nd replacement
There is liters of acid removed
There is liters of acid left
liters left
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After 3rd replacement
There is
liters of acid removed
There is liters of acid left
liters left
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After 4th replacement
There is liters
of acid removed
There is liters of acid left
liters left
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After 5th replacement
There is liters of acid removed
There is liters of acid left
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liters of acid left
Hope I got it!






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