document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=708059>Question 708059</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in a chemistry lab, you have two vinegars. one is 5% acetic acid, and one is 6.5% acetic acid. you want to make 200 ml. of vinegar with 6% acetic acid. how many milliliters of each vinegar do you need to mix together?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please show work\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #435958 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=435958\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> With values like those, you should guess that you'll need a bit more than  100ml of the 6.5%, and a bit less than 100 ml. of the 5 %.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x for 5% material, y for 6.5% material.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Accounting for volumes to use, x+y=200.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a system:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=200 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=200\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the second entire equation by 5, and subtract the result from the first....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Get  1.5y=200, so y=133 plus 1/3 milliliters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=133 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=133\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ml. of the 6.5% acetic acid vinegar.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=67 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=67\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ml. of the 5% material. </SPAN>\n" );
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