Gabe Amodeo, a nuclear physicist, needs 60 liters of a 60% acid solution. He currently has a 40% solution and a 70% solution. How many liters of each does he need
to make the needed 60 liters of 60% acid solution?

20 liters of the 40% solution

60-20=40 liters of the 70% solution

Step-by-step explanation:

40%x+70%(60-x)=60%(60)

0.4x+0.7(60-x)=0.6(60)

0.4x+42-0.7x=36

-0.3x+42=36

-0.3x=-42+36

-0.3x=-6

0.3x=6

3x=60

x=60/3

x=20 liters of the 40% solution

60-20=40 liters of the 70% solution

check: 0.4*20=8

0.7*40=28

8+28=36 and 0.6*60=36 also

geometry: triangles

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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