SOLUTION: A chemistry experiment calls for a 40% hydrochloric acid solution. If the lab supply room has only 60% and 10% hyrdochloric acid solutions, how much of each should be mixed to obta

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Question 896284: A chemistry experiment calls for a 40% hydrochloric acid solution. If the lab supply room has only 60% and 10% hyrdochloric acid solutions, how much of each should be mixed to obtain 12 liters of the 40% acid solution?
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Do it like this one. Only the numbers are different.
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Amanda wants to make 8 gal. of a 20% saline solution by mixing together a 56% saline solution and a 8% saline solution. How much of each solution must she use?
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e = amount of 8%
f = amount of 56%
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e+ f = 8 (total solution)
8e + 56f = 20*8 (total saline)
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e+ f = 8
e + 7f = 20
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-6f = -12
f = 2
e = 6