SOLUTION: "A chemist wants to make 250 liters of a 27% salt solution by combining a barrel containing a 15% salt solution and another barrel containing a 65% salt solution. How many liters d
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Question 831028: "A chemist wants to make 250 liters of a 27% salt solution by combining a barrel containing a 15% salt solution and another barrel containing a 65% salt solution. How many liters does he need from each barrel?"
Thank you so much! x Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source):
Known amount of mixture, unknown amounts of each of the two concentrations of material. Look in my lessons link for "Mixing two concentrations for known amount of mixture".