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Question 867786: A chemist has 10% and 50% solutions of acid available. How many liters of each solution should be mixed to obtain 70 liters of 14% acid solution?
liters of 10% acid
liters of 50% acid
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Let represent the number of liters of 10% solution. Then must be the number of liters of 50% solution. Then:



Solve for , then calculate

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