SOLUTION: how much water should be mixed with 15 gallons of a 16% alcohol solution to obtain a mixture that is 12%?
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Question 845398: how much water should be mixed with 15 gallons of a 16% alcohol solution to obtain a mixture that is 12%?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The needed equation to solve for volume(?) of water v, is
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