document.write( "Question 1144706: A scientist has two solutions, which she has labeled Solution A and Solution B. Each contains salt. She knows that Solution A is 65% salt and Solution B is 90% salt. She wants to obtain 70 ounces of a mixture that is 80% salt. How many ounces of each solution should she use? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #765880 by ikleyn(52787)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The salt solution CAN NOT have concentration higher than 28%.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "After that the solution becomes SATURATED.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To know this fact from SCIENCE is MUCH MORE IMPORTANT thing than to \"solve\" mechanically problems, \n" ); document.write( "posed incorrectly, without understanding the subject.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "See this article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saline_watet.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Happy learning (!)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Penalty to the author of this FAKE problem.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |