SOLUTION: You need a 80% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 75 mL of a 50% alcohol mixture. You also have 85% alcohol mixture. How much of the 85% mixture will you need to add to obtain t

SOLUTION: You need a 80% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 75 mL of a 50% alcohol mixture. You also have 85% alcohol mixture. How much of the 85% mixture will you need to add to obtain t

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Question 976255: You need a 80% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 75 mL of a 50% alcohol mixture. You also have 85% alcohol mixture. How much of the 85% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Lesson: Two-Part Mixture, one part known
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