2. A teaching assistant at a university needs 28% acid solution for her class's lab experiment. There isn't any of this concentration in stock, but the lab has 50 liters of 22% acid solution, as well as a lot of 32% acid solution. How much of the 32% acid solution should the teaching assistant add to the 22% acid solution to obtain a solution with the desired concentration?

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2. A teaching assistant at a university needs 28% acid
solution for her class's lab experiment. There isn't any
of this concentration in stock, but the lab has 50 liters
of 22% acid solution, as well as a lot of 32% acid
solution. How much of the 32% acid solution should the
teaching assistant add to the 22% acid solution to
obtain a solution with the desired concentration?
Show your work for full credit.
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