SOLUTION: Gabe Amodeo, a nuclear physicist, needs 80 liters of a 30% acid solution. He currently has a 20 % solution and a 60 % solution. How many liters of each does he need to m
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Question 1159360: Gabe Amodeo, a nuclear physicist, needs 80 liters of a 30% acid solution. He currently has a 20 % solution and a 60 % solution. How many liters of each does he need to make the needed 80 liters of 30% acid solution? Found 3 solutions by mananth, josgarithmetic, greenestamps:Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
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---------------- percent ---------------- quantity
Solution I 20% ---------------- x L
Solution II 60% ---------------- 80 - x L
Mixture 30.00% ---------------- 80
component percent ---------------- quantity
Solution I 0.2 ---------------- x L
Solution II 0.6 ---------------- 80 - x L
Mixture 0.30 ---------------- 80
0.2 x + 0.6 ( 80 - x ) = 80.00 * 0.30
0.2 x + 48 - 0.6 x = 24.00
0.2 x - 0.6 x = 24 - 48
-0.4 x = -24
/ -0.4
x = 60
20.00% Solution I =60L
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needs 80 liters of a 30% acid solution. He currently has a 20 % solution and a 60 % solution.
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