SOLUTION: a chemist mixes A Ml of a 10% solution of acid with B ml of a 50% solution. The resulting mixture has 800 ml of a solution that is 20% acid. write and equation relating the am

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Question 682291: a chemist mixes A Ml of a 10% solution of acid with B ml of a 50% solution. The resulting mixture has 800 ml of a solution that is 20% acid.
write and equation relating the amounts of acid in three different solutions

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.1A+.5B=(800)(.2)