Problem

You need a 20\% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 385 mL of a 15% alcohol mixture. You also have 75% alcohol mixture. How much of the 75% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?
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mL of the 75% solution

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Final Answer: You will need 35 mL of the 75% solution.

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Step 1 :We are given a 385 mL of a 15% alcohol mixture and we want to add some amount of a 75% alcohol mixture to it to obtain a 20% alcohol solution. Let's denote the amount of the 75% solution we need to add as x mL.

Step 2 :The total volume of the final solution will be 385 + x mL, and it will contain 20% alcohol.

Step 3 :The 385 mL of 15% solution contains 0.15×385=57.75 mL of alcohol.

Step 4 :The x mL of 75% solution contains 0.75x mL of alcohol.

Step 5 :The amount of alcohol in the final solution is equal to the sum of the amount of alcohol in the initial solutions. So, we can set up the following equation: 0.20×(385+x)=57.75+0.75x.

Step 6 :Solving this equation gives us the value of x.

Step 7 :Final Answer: You will need 35 mL of the 75% solution.

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