SOLUTION: A chemist needs 80 milliliters of a 20% solution but has only 16% and 32% solutions available. Find how many milliliters of each that should be mixed to get the desired solution.
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Question 939920: A chemist needs 80 milliliters of a 20% solution but has only 16% and 32% solutions available. Find how many milliliters of each that should be mixed to get the desired solution.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
http://www.algebra.com/my/Mixtures%3A-All-in-Symbols.lesson?content_action=show_dev
"Mixing two concentrations for known amount of mixture "
That is how they all work.
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