SOLUTION: A tropical fish store has 20 gallons of 15% salt solution. How many gallons of a 8% salt solution must be added to produce a 10% salt solution?
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Question 263523: A tropical fish store has 20 gallons of 15% salt solution. How many gallons of a 8% salt solution must be added to produce a 10% salt solution? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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(amount of salt in final solution)/(total gallons in final solution) = 10%
Let = gallons of 8% solution that need to be added
50 gallons of 8% solution need to be added
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