document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1049054>Question 1049054</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In the lab, Lashonda has two solutions that contain alcohol and is mixing them with each other. She uses 4 times as much Solution A as Solution B. Solution A is 13% alcohol and Solution B is 18% alcohol. How many milliliters of Solution B does she use, if the resulting mixture has 350 milliliters of pure alcohol? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 4B or B = A/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.13A + 0.18B = 350ml<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"A\" and solve for \"B\"::\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.13*4B + 0.18B = 350<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.52B + 0.18B = 350<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.7B = 350<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 35000/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 5000 ml = 5 litres (amt. of solution B needed)<BR>\n" );
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