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document.write( "A chemist currently has two solutions of sodium chloride. One solution has a 5% concentration and the other has a 25% concentration. The chemist needs to make 10 L of a 10% sodium chloride solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the amount of 5% solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let y = the amount of 25% solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How much of each solution does the chemist need to make?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Enter your answers, as decimals, in the boxes. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A chemist currently has two solutions of sodium chloride. One solution has a 5% concentration and the other has a 25% concentration. The chemist needs to make 10 L of a 10% sodium chloride solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the amount of 5% solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let y = the amount of 25% solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How much of each solution does the chemist need to make?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Enter your answers, as decimals, in the boxes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">The system of equations you need is: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%282%2C8%2C+x%2C+%22%2B%22%2C+y%2C+%22=%22%2C+10%2C+%22-------%22%2C+eq%2C+%22%28i%29%22%2C+.05x%2C+%22%2B%22%2C+.25y%2C+%22=%22%2C+%22.1%2810%29%22%2C+%22-------%22%2C+eq%2C+%22%28ii%29%22%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve to get \"x\", or the amount of 5% solution to be mixed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve to get \"y,\" or the amount of 25% solution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "**Note that the amount of the 5% solution will be 5 times the amount of the 25% solution. </SPAN>\n" );
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