SOLUTION: You need a 40% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 375 mL of a 5% alcohol mixture. You also have 65% alcohol mixture. How much of the 65% mixture will you need to add to obtain t

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Question 1184662: You need a 40% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 375 mL of a 5% alcohol mixture. You also have 65% alcohol mixture. How much of the 65% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?


Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How much of the 40% alcohol do you want?

If using all of the 375 mL of the 5% alcohol, then
65v%2B5%2A375=40%2A%28v%2B375%29----------simplify and solve for v.