SOLUTION: You are a lab technician and must create 250 ml of a 17% salt solution. You have available three stock solutions. You have a one liter container of a 5% salt, a 500 ml container

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Question 1104005: You are a lab technician and must create 250 ml of a 17% salt solution. You have available three stock solutions. You have a one liter container of a 5% salt, a 500 ml container of a 28% salt solution, and a 400 ml container of a 40% salt solution. Show the work necessary to calculate the cheapest method of preparing the 17% salt solution if the 5% salt solution costs $28 per liter, the 28% solution costs $38 per liter, and the 40% solution costs $50 per liter. Be sure to explain in paragraph form why you have selected the amounts of each and the total cost of your selection.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Biggest problem is that 40% salt solution. Impossible.

40% salt solution is impossible.
NO Answer, UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO IGNORE WHAT IS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE.