SOLUTION: You need 175 mL of a 10% solution. On hand, you have a 5% alcohol mixture and a 40% alcohol mixture. How much of each mixture will you need to obtain the desired solution
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Question 760447: You need 175 mL of a 10% solution. On hand, you have a 5% alcohol mixture and a 40% alcohol mixture. How much of each mixture will you need to obtain the desired solution Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source):
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Use L strength material and H strength material to prepare M units of T strength mixture. Letting u be amount of the L material and v be the amount of the H material, solve for u and v.
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This is a system with unknowns u and v. Solve for u and v.
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