SOLUTION: A chemist has 10% and 50% solutions of acid available. How many liters of each solution should be mixed to obtain 70 liters of 14% acid solution?
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Question 867786: A chemist has 10% and 50% solutions of acid available. How many liters of each solution should be mixed to obtain 70 liters of 14% acid solution?
liters of 10% acid
liters of 50% acid
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of liters of 10% solution. Then 
must be the number of liters of 50% solution. Then:
\ =\ 0.14(70))
Solve for , then calculate
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