SOLUTION: You need a 80% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 25 mL of a 50% alcohol mixture. You also have 85% alcohol mixture. How much of the 85% mixture will you need to add to obtain t

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Question 1037352: You need a 80% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 25 mL of a 50% alcohol mixture. You also have 85% alcohol mixture. How much of the 85% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?
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You need a 80% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 25 mL of a 50% alcohol mixture. You also have 85% alcohol mixture.
How much of the 85% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?
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See the lesson Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions in this site.

Similar problem was solved there (Problem 2).

It is your sample. Read it attentively,
and then solve your problem by substituting your data.