SOLUTION: Salt Solution A chemist has 5gallons of salt solution with a concentration of 0.2pound per gallon and another solution with a concentration of 0.5 pound per gallon solution so that
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Question 580575: Salt Solution A chemist has 5gallons of salt solution with a concentration of 0.2pound per gallon and another solution with a concentration of 0.5 pound per gallon solution so that he ends up with 5 gallons of a 0.3pound oer gallon? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = gallons of .5 pound/gallon solution needed = pounds of salt in .5 pound/gallon solution = pounds of salt in .2 pound/gallon solution
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1 gallon of .5 pound/gallon solution is needed
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