SOLUTION: Suppose a chemist is mixing two acid solutions, one of 20% concentration and the other of 30% concentration.Which one of the following concentrations could not be obtaioned? A.

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Question 105478This question is from textbook beginning & Intermediate Algebra
: Suppose a chemist is mixing two acid solutions, one of 20% concentration and the other of 30% concentration.Which one of the following concentrations could not be obtaioned?
A. 22% B. 24% C. 28% D. 32% This question is from textbook beginning & Intermediate Algebra

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D)32% BECAUSE THIS IS GREATER THAN EITHER OF THE MIXTURES.
THE MIXTURE MUST BE BETWEEN 20% & 30%.