SOLUTION: You need a 65% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 25 mL of a 10% alcohol mixture. You also have 70% alcohol mixture. How much of the 70% mixture will you need to add to obtain t

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Question 1124744: You need a 65% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 25 mL of a 10% alcohol mixture. You also have 70% alcohol mixture. How much of the 70% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?


Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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x of the 70% alcohol

10%2A25%2B70x=65%28x%2B25%29
(amount of alcohol from the two different solutions is equal to the amount of alcohol of the resulting mixture.)

Solve for x. That will be the mL of your 70% alcohol solution.