SOLUTION: a laboratory assistant wants to make 15 liters of 60% acid solution. if solution of 20% and 35% are availble in the laboratory. how many liters of each must be mixed tp prepare the

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Question 595687: a laboratory assistant wants to make 15 liters of 60% acid solution. if solution of 20% and 35% are availble in the laboratory. how many liters of each must be mixed tp prepare the solution?
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a laboratory assistant wants to make 15 liters of 60% acid solution. if solution of 20% and 35% are availble in the laboratory. how many liters of each must be mixed tp prepare the solution?
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Any mix of 20% and 35% will have a concentration between 20 & 35. You can't make 60% by mixing those.