A chemical company makes two brands of antifreeze. The first brand is 60% pure antifreeze, and the second brand is 85% pure antifreeze. In order to obtain 30 gallons of a mixture that contains 70%pure antifreeze, how many gallons of each brand of antifreeze must be used?   First Gallons? Second Gallons?

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A chemical company makes two brands of antifreeze. The first brand is 60% pure antifreeze, and the second brand is 85% pure antifreeze. In order to obtain 30 gallons of a mixture that contains 70%pure antifreeze, how many gallons of each brand of antifreeze must be used?

 

First Gallons?

Second Gallons?

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