document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=994590>Question 994590</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A laboratory technician needs to make a 45-liter batch of a 40% acid solution. How can the laboratory technician combine a batch of an acid solution that is pure acid with another that is 10% to get the desired concentration? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "P=amount of pure acid; T=amount of 10% solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P+T=45L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=45L-P<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1.00)P+(0.10)T=(0.40)45L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P+(0.10)(45L-P)=18L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P+4.5L-0.10P=18L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.90P=13.5L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=15L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER 1: He should use 15 liters of pure acid.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=45L-P=45L-15L=30L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER 2: He should use 30 liters of 10% acid solution.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1.00)P+(0.10)T=(0.40)45L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15L+(0.10)30L=18L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15L+3L=18L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18L=18L<BR>\n" );
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