The sum of two numbers is 10. The difference between the two numbers is 4. What is the smaller number? OA – 1 OB. 3 OC. 7 OD. 9
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Let be the volume of 20% solution,
the volume of the 60% solution. We want a total volume of 400 mL in the final mixture, so
Each mL of either solution will contribute a corresponding concentration, and in the final mixture we want the 400 mL to have a 40% concentration, which means we should also have
Solve the system and we get .