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NISA [10]
3 years ago
6

How many gallons each of 20% alcohol and 5% alcohol should be mixed to obtain 15 gal of 19% alcohol?​

Mathematics
1 answer:
Dennis_Churaev [7]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Let x be the number of gallons of the 20% solution and let y be the number of gallons of the 5% solution.

Your system would be:

x+y=15

0.2x+0.05y=(0.13)(15)

Solve the system using either elimination or substitution method, or a combination of the two.

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