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Question 280582: How much 70% alcohol solution must be mixed with a 30% alcohol solution to produce 60 liters of a 40% alcohol solution? 
Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source):
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With solution problems like this one, you need to keep track of the 'pure' stuff involved.
The desired result is 60 liters of a 40% alcohol solution, which will have .4(60) = 24 liters of pure alcohol and 60-24 = 36 liters of water.
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The two available solutions to be used in the mixture are a 30% solution and a 70% solution
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x = volume of 30% solution
y = volume of 70% solution
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But we don't need to use two variables because we know that if we have 'x' liters of the 30% solution, then by definition we have 60-x liters of the 70% solution.
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Setting up the equation to solve the problem...
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multiply through by 10 to get rid of the decimals

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collecting and simplifying

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subtract 420 from both sides

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divide both sides by -4

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So we have 45 liters of 30% solution.
Recall we have 60 liters in total, so we can calculate the volume of 70% solution as:
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Thus our tentative answer is 45 liters of 30% solution + 15 liters of 70% solution will result in 60 liters of 40% solution.
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Of course, we always check our work!
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Yes!
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Answer:
15 liters of a 70% solution must be mixed with 45 liters of a 30% solution to produce 60 liters of a 40% solution.
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Done

SOLUTION: How much 70% alcohol solution must be mixed with a 30% alcohol solution to produce 60 liters of a 40% alcohol solution?&#8232;

SOLUTION: How much 70% alcohol solution must be mixed with a 30% alcohol solution to produce 60 liters of a 40% alcohol solution? 