SOLUTION: what volumes of a 2% and 5% solution must be mixed to make 250 gallons of a 2.5% solution.

SOLUTION: what volumes of a 2% and 5% solution must be mixed to make 250 gallons of a 2.5% solution.

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Question 963159: what volumes of a 2% and 5% solution must be mixed to make 250 gallons of a 2.5% solution.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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2.
Multiply eq. 2 by -2 and add to eq. 1,

<--- gallons of 5% solution
Then,

<--- gallons of 2% solution

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