How many liters of a $10\%$ alcohol solution must be mixed with $40$ L of a $50\%$ solution to get a $40\%$ solution?
Step 1: Read the problem, we are asked to find the amount of the $10\%$ alcohol solution.
Step 2 : Assign the variable. Then organize the information in the table.
Let $x = $ amount of the $10\%$ alocohol solution.
$
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
& \text{Liters of solution} & \text{Percent Concentration} & \text{Liters of Pure Alcohol} \\
\hline
10\% \rm{alcohol} & x & 0.10 & 0.10x \\
\hline
50\% \rm{alcohol} & 40 & 0.50 & 0.50(40) \\
\hline
\text{Resulting mixture ($40\%$ alcohol)} & x + 40 & 0.40 & 0.40(x + 40) \\
\hline
\end{array}
$
The sum of the quantities of each solution is equal to the quantity of the resulting solution
Step 3: Write an equation from the last column of the table
$0.10x + 0.50(40) = 0.40(x + 40)$
Step 4: Solve
$
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
0.10x + 20 &= 0.40x + 16 \\
\\
0.10x - 0.40x &= 16 - 20\\
\\
-0.30x &= -4\\
\\
x &= \frac{40}{3}
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
$
Step 5: State the answer
In other words, $\displaystyle \frac{40}{3} L$ of $10\%$ alcohol solution.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Intermediate Algebra, Chapter 2, 2.3, Section 2.3, Problem 58
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