A chemist has three different acid solutions. The first acid solution contains 15% acid, the second contains30% and the third contains 60%. They want to use all three solutions to obtain a mixture of 63 literscontaining 35% acid, using 2 times as much of the 60% solution as the 30% solution. How many liters ofeach solution should be used?The chemist should useliters of 60% solution.liters of 15% solution,liters of 30% solution, and

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Intermediate Algebra

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ISBN:9780998625720

Author:Lynn Marecek

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Chapter4: Systems Of Linear Equations

Section4.3: Solve Mixture Applications With Systems Of Equations

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