SOLUTION: Solve and Show your solution A chemist has to mix a 25 percent acid solution with a 35 percent acid solution. How many liters of each should be mixed to make 20 liters of 32 per

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Question 1050060: Solve and Show your solution
A chemist has to mix a 25 percent acid solution with a 35 percent acid solution. How many liters of each should be mixed to make 20 liters of 32 percent acid solution?
Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, ikleyn:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
MIX
.35x + .25(20L-x) = .32(20L)
x = .07(20L)/.10 = 14L of 35%
6L 25% 20-14

Answer by ikleyn(52786) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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There is entire bunch of the lessons covering various types of mixture problems
    - Mixture problems
    - More Mixture problems
    - Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for antifreeze solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like coffee beans, nuts, cashew and peanuts
    - Word problems on mixtures for alloys
    - Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on word problems for mixtures
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Read them and become an expert in solution the mixture word problems.

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