maddysarah
maddysarah maddysarah
  • 01-03-2016
  • Mathematics
contestada

How much pure acid should be mixed with 6 gallons of a 60% acid solution in order to get an 80% acid solution?

Respuesta :

apologiabiology
apologiabiology apologiabiology
  • 01-03-2016
so pure=100%
x added

100%=1=pure

amount times purity=result

x=amount added
x times 1
6-x times (0.6) for te 60%
they add up to
6 times 0.8
solve
x+(6-x)0.6=6(0.8)
x=3


answer is 3 gallons replaced with 100% acid
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

A patient who has difficulty conceiving most likely has a problem in the ________ system. (points : 2) nervous reproductive cardiovascular urinary
A patient with a cancerous tumor may seek treatment for his condition from a physician whose specialty is
how did francis cabot lowell begin to transform the role of women in the united states
the area around a cell has a high concentration of sodium ions. as a result, the cell membrane expands and bursts. which problem was the cell most likely having
A student wants to test the hypothesis that fertilizer improves the growth rate of grass seeds. To test this hypothesis, the student put the same amount of gras
What is the rate of dissolution?
what is the literary definition of genre? a. a type of figurative language in which one thing is said to be another thing b. a category of writing characterized
Which choice contains a broad pronoun reference? We need rain. This would clear the dust from the sky and end the drought. We need rain to clear the dust from t
true or false? Publishing to the Internet involves uploading your files to a remote hosting computer.
verify the identity cot(x-pi/2)=-tanx