SOLUTION: Dilbert needs to mix a 20% fungicide solution with a 50% fungicide solution to create 200 milliliters of a 42.5% solution. How many milliliters of each solution must Dilbert use?

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Question 858933: Dilbert needs to mix a 20% fungicide solution with a 50% fungicide solution to create 200 milliliters of a 42.5% solution. How many milliliters of each solution must Dilbert use?
_________ milliliters of 20% solution
_________ milliliters of 50% solution
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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This question seems to expect ignoring whether the percents are as volume per volume, weight per volume, or weight per weight. Continuing anyway, the question IN GENERAL is discussed and answered in this lesson:

. Click and follow this link. Mixing two concentrations for known amount of mixture.
Learn that, and you can then answer ALL two part mixture questions which fit this form.