SOLUTION: A chemist has a 24L solution that is currently 8% sodium. How much of a second solution, that happens to be 32% sodium, should be added to the first solution in order to make a new

Question 818655: A chemist has a 24L solution that is currently 8% sodium. How much of a second solution, that happens to be 32% sodium, should be added to the first solution in order to make a new solution that is 20% sodium?
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A chemist has a 24L solution that is currently 8% sodium. How much of a second solution, that happens to be 32% sodium, should be added to the first solution in order to make a new solution that is 20% sodium?
.08*24+.32x=.2*(24+x)
1.92+.32x=4.8+.20x
.12x=2.88
x=24
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