SOLUTION: How much pure acid should be mixed with 4 gallons of a 50% acid solution in order to get an 80% acid solution?
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Question 844890: How much pure acid should be mixed with 4 gallons of a 50% acid solution in order to get an 80% acid solution?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just with that information, we could expect the percents to be as w/v.
Let v = how much volume of the pure acid to add
Solve for v
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