SOLUTION: a chemist made 100 milliliters of a 60% acid solution by mixing a 10% acid solution with a 30% acid solution.
how uch of the acid solution to the chemist use?
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Question 883339: a chemist made 100 milliliters of a 60% acid solution by mixing a 10% acid solution with a 30% acid solution.
how uch of the acid solution to the chemist use?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It can't be done. You can't get a higher
concentration by mixing solutions with
lower concentrations.
Suppose you used all 30% and none of the
10%. You would still never get to 60%
Did you copy the problem right?
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