SOLUTION: What quantity of 72% acetic acid solution must be mixed with a 14% acetic acid solution to produce 548.58 mL of 38% solution?

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Question 1199709: What quantity of 72% acetic acid solution must be mixed with a 14% acetic acid solution to produce 548.58 mL of 38% solution?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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Very routine exercise

What quantity of 72% and of 14% to give 548.58 mL of 38%
What quantities of H% and of L% to give M quantity of T%

v, the amount of the high concentration material to use
M-v, the amount of the other material to use

highlight_green%28Hv%2BL%28M-v%29=TM%29
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Hv-Lv%2BLM=TM
%28H-L%29v=TM-LM
v=%28TM-LM%29%2F%28H-L%29
highlight%28v=M%28%28T-L%29%2F%28H-L%29%29%29---------you could do the same thing with the given values at the start if you want. The steps could be about the same.

v=548.58%28%2838-14%29%2F%2872-14%29%29-----compute v....