SOLUTION: Thirty gallons of a 14% acid solution mixed with 60 gallons of a 20% acid solution yield 90 gallons of an x% acid solution. What is the value of x?
Question 632636: Thirty gallons of a 14% acid solution mixed with 60 gallons of a 20% acid solution yield 90 gallons of an x% acid solution. What is the value of x? Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Thirty gallons of a 14% acid solution mixed with 60 gallons of a 20% acid solution yield 90 gallons of an x% acid solution. What is the value of x?
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.14(30) + .20(60) = (x/100)(90)
4.2 + 12 = 9x/10
16.2 = 9x/10
162 = 9x
18 = x
