document.write( "Question 1050621: I laboratory tech nation needs to make a 21 L batch of a 40% acid solution how can the laboratory technician combine a batch of an acid solution that is a peer acid with another that is 10% to get the desired concentration \n" ); document.write( "
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Let \"+a+\" = liters of pure acid needed
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+b+\" = liters of 10% acid solution needed
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+a+%2B+b+=+21+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+%28+a+%2B+.1b+%29+%2F+21+=+.4+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+a+%2B+.1b+=+.4%2A21+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+a+%2B+.1b+=+8.4+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+10a+%2B+b+=+84+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract (1) from (2)
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+10a+%2B+b+=+84+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+-a+-+b+=+-21+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+9a+=+63+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+a+=+7+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+a+%2B+b+=+21+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+7+%2B+b+=+21+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+b+=+14+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "7 liters of pure acid are needed
\n" ); document.write( "14 liters of 10% acid solution are needed
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+%28+a+%2B+.1b+%29+%2F+21+=+.4+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+%28+7+%2B+.1%2A14+%29+%2F+21+=+.4+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+%28+7+%2B+1.4+%29+%2F+21+=+.4+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+8.4%2F21+=+.4+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+8.4+=+.4%2A21+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+8.4+=+8.4+\"
\n" ); document.write( "OK
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