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| Question 817668:  [ A chemist mixes a 10% saline solution with a 20% saline solution to make 500 milliliters of a 16% saline solution. How many milliliters of each solution does the chemist mix together? ]
 Answer by TimothyLamb(4379)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 10w + 20s = (16)500 10w + 20s = 8000
 w + s = 500
 s = 500 - w
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 10w + 20s = 8000
 10w + 20(500 - w) = 8000
 10w + 10000 - 20w = 8000
 10w = 2000
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 w = 200 ml of 10% saline
 s = 300 ml of 20% saline
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