SOLUTION: A chemist want to create a solution that is 36% acid. How many liters of a 60% acid solution must be added to 30 liters of a 13% acid solution to obtain this 36% acid mixture?

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Question 835542: A chemist want to create a solution that is 36% acid. How many liters of a 60% acid solution must be added to 30 liters of a 13% acid solution to obtain this 36% acid mixture?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is w/v or v/v.

%2860%2Ax%2B13%2A30%29%2F%28x%2B30%29=36

Solve for x.

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Originally wrote, "want to create a solution that is 6% acid", but then asked, "...to obtain this 36% acid mixture". Not sure which you wanted to answer for.