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Ira Lisetskai [31]
3 years ago
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A doctor orders 20 grams of a 52% solution of a certain medicine. The pharmacist has only bottles of 40% solution and bottles of

70% solution. How much of each must he use to obtain the 20 grams of the 52% solution?
Mathematics
2 answers:
blagie [28]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

12 grams of 40% solution and 8 grams of 70% solution are mixed to get 20 grams of 52% solution.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A doctor orders 20 grams of a 52% solution of a certain medicine. The pharmacist has only bottles of 40% solution and bottles of 70% solution.

To find : How much of each must he use to obtain the 20 grams of the 52% solution?

Solution :

Let x be the required amount.

x amount is used to obtain 20 grams = 20-x

According to question,

x grams of 40% and (20-x) grams of 70% is equal to 20 grams of 52%.

x(40\%)+(20-x)(70\%)=20(52\%)

0.4x+20\times 0.7-0.7x=20\times 0.52

14-0.3x=10.4

0.3x=3.6

x=\frac{3.6}{0.3}

x=12

Therefore, The required amount is 12 grams.

and 20-x=20-12=8 grams

i.e, 12 grams of 40% solution and 8 grams of 70% solution are mixed to get 20 grams of 52% solution.

Anvisha [2.4K]3 years ago
4 0
Try, please, this:
1) Imagine, that pharmacist used 'x' gr. of 40% solution and 'y' of 70% solution.
Together (20 gr. of 52% sol.) it will be x+y=20.
2) From other side, the pharmacist combined 40x and 70y gramms, after obtaining together it is 52(x+y) gramms. In other words 40x+70y=52(x+y)
3) 
\left \{ {{x+y=20} \atop {40x+70y=52(x+y)}} \right. \ =\ \textgreater \  \  \left \{ {{y=8} \atop {x=12}} \right.
Answer: 8 gr. of 70% solution and 12 gr. of 40%.
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