SOLUTION: A pharmacist has a 40% acid solution and a 25% acid solution how many liters of each must be mixed to form 79 L of a 34% acid solution

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Question 1068051: A pharmacist has a 40% acid solution and a 25% acid solution how many liters of each must be mixed to form 79 L of a 34% acid solution
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source):
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x, volume of 40% acid
y, volume of 25% acid

LESSON: Mixing two concentrations for known amount of mixture
https://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev

Answer by ikleyn(52784)   (Show Source):
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There is entire bunch of 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 alloys
    - Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on word problems for mixtures
in this site.

Read them and become an expert in solution the mixture word problems.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Mixture problems