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OpenStudy (anonymous):

a lab tech needs to make a 72-liter batch of a 20% acid solution. How can the tech combine a batch of an acid that is pure with another that is 10% to get the desired concentration?

OpenStudy (lochana):

hmm. it's confusing. can you stay a moment

OpenStudy (lochana):

@tinaboutin are you there?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hello, I am still here.

OpenStudy (trantom):

100x + 10y = 20 x + y =72

OpenStudy (lochana):

yes. answers are 14.4liter from pure and 57.6 from 10% acid

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you so very much Lochana. I have been stumped on this one for a while now..Tina

OpenStudy (lochana):

@tinaboutin bye

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