A chemical company mixes pure water with their premium antifreeze solution to create an inexpensive antifreeze mixture. The premium antifreeze solution contains 60% pure antifreeze. The company wants to obtain 240 gallons of a mixture that contains 30% pure antifreeze. How many gallons of water and how many gallons of the premium antifreeze solution must be mixed?

A chemical company mixes pure water with their premium antifreeze solution to create an inexpensive antifreeze mixture. The premium antifreeze solution contains 60% pure antifreeze. The company wants to obtain 240 gallons of a mixture that contains 30% pure antifreeze. How many gallons of water and how many gallons of the premium antifreeze solution must be mixed?

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter7: Systems Of Equations And Inequalities

Section7.2: Systems Of Linear Equations: Three Variables

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