document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=129103>Question 129103</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131314149/algebrahomeworkh>Prentice Hall Mathematics</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A chemist wants to make 10% solution of fertilizer. How much water and how much of a 30% solution should the chemist mix to get 30 L of a 10% solution? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #94544 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=94544\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x=\"liters of water\", so 30-x=\"liters of 30%\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you don't add or take away fertilizer, so volume times concentration is the same on both sides of the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x(0%)+(30-x)(30%)=30(10%) __ 0+9-.3x=3 __ -.3x=-6 </SPAN>\n" );
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