A chemical company makes two brands of antifreeze. The first brand is 70% pure antifreeze, and the second brand is 95% pure antifreeze. In order to obtain 160 gallons of a mixture that contains 80% pure antifreeze, how many gallons of each brand of antifreeze must be used? Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier. I gallons First brand: Second brand: gallons

A chemical company makes two brands of antifreeze. The first brand is 70% pure antifreeze, and the second brand is 95% pure antifreeze. In order to obtain 160 gallons of a mixture that contains 80% pure antifreeze, how many gallons of each brand of antifreeze must be used? Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier. I gallons First brand: Second brand: gallons

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter8: Polynomials

Section8.1: Adding And Subtracting Polynomials

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