document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1116078>Question 1116078</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A Chemist needs 170 milliliters of a 36% solution but has only 24% and 58% solutions available. Find how many milliliters of each that should be mixed to get the desired solution. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A Chemist needs M milliliters of a T% solution but has only L% and H% solutions available. Find how many milliliters of each that should be mixed to get the desired solution.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x, quantity of L% material<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M, quantity of finished mixture<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L, low percent materialconcentration<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H, high percent material concentration<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T, target percent mixture concentration\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation to account for the amount of dissolved material in the mixture:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Doing the steps to find x, and the fact that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H%3EL ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H%3EL\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H%3ET ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H%3ET\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the solution will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=%28HM-TM%29%2F%28H-L%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=%28HM-TM%29%2F%28H-L%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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