SOLUTION: Solution X is 15% salt and the rest is water. Solution Y is 8% salt and the rest is water. How many liters of solution X need to be added to 5 liters of solution Y to make a soluti
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Question 839482: Solution X is 15% salt and the rest is water. Solution Y is 8% salt and the rest is water. How many liters of solution X need to be added to 5 liters of solution Y to make a solution that is 10% salt? Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The description may be a bit imprecise, but you are looking for something like this:
x is volume of the X solution to use
y is the volume of the Y solution to use
and .
This is a system of two linear equations in the two variables, x and y.
Solve for x and y.
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