document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=795720>Question 795720</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"A chemist needs 80 milliliters of a 27% solution but has only  17% and 33% solutions available. find how many milliliters of each that should be mixed to get the desired solution.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you could please explain to me how i can find the equations, variables, essentially how to solve it i am completely at a loss, i have not idea how to find the equations/variables to be modeled by a system. Please and Thank You!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you could please explain to me how i can find the equations, variables, essentially how to solve it i am completely at a loss, i have not idea how to find the equations/variables to be modeled by a system. Please and Thank You!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let amount of 17% solution to be added be S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the mixture will sum to 80 mL, then amount of 33% solution to be added = 80 – S\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, .17S + .33(80 – S) = .27(S + 80 – S)<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".17S + 26.4 - .33S = 21.6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( ".17S - .33S = 21.6 – 26.4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "- .16S = - 4.8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S, or amount of 17% solution to be added = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-+4.8%29%2F-+.16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-+4.8%29%2F-+.16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2830%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2830%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > mL\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Amount of 33% solution to be added = 80 – 30, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2850%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2850%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > mL\r<BR>\n" );
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