SOLUTION: bucket a contains an unknow mass of 3.0 percent weight salt water. Bucket B contains an unknown mass of 5.4 percent weight salt water. The wntire contents of both buckets are poure

Question 831476: bucket a contains an unknow mass of 3.0 percent weight salt water. Bucket B contains an unknown mass of 5.4 percent weight salt water. The wntire contents of both buckets are poured into empty container c and mixed thoroughly. if container c then contains 14.6lb of 4.4 percent weight salt water, the original mass of salt water in bucket b was closest to ?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.03a+.054b=.044*14.6,
a+b=14.6
a=6.08333, b=8.51667
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