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Alcohol Mixture Calculation Problem

The document presents a chemistry problem involving mixing two alcohol solutions of different concentrations to produce a mixture of a specified volume and concentration. The problem provides the individual concentrations and volume of the final mixture, and asks for the volumes of each initial solution. The solution sets up equations to relate the volumes and concentrations and solves to find that 33 1/3 cubic meters of the 30% solution and 16 2/3 cubic meters of the 60% solution are needed.

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Alcohol Mixture Calculation Problem

The document presents a chemistry problem involving mixing two alcohol solutions of different concentrations to produce a mixture of a specified volume and concentration. The problem provides the individual concentrations and volume of the final mixture, and asks for the volumes of each initial solution. The solution sets up equations to relate the volumes and concentrations and solves to find that 33 1/3 cubic meters of the 30% solution and 16 2/3 cubic meters of the 60% solution are needed.

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Problem No.

A chemist of a distillery experimented on two alcohol solutions of different strengths 30% and
60% alcohol, respectively. How many cubic meters of each strength must be used in order to produce
mixture of 50 cubic meters that contains 40% alcohol?

A. 25,25 B. 30, 20 C. 23 2/3, 26 1/3 D. 33 1/3, 16 2/3

Given:

M1 with 30% alcohol


M2 with 60% alcohol
MT = 50 cubic meters with 40% alcohol

Required:

M1 and M2 in cubic meters

Schematic Diagram:

%X1 %X2 %X3


M1 + M2 = M 1+ M 2

Solution:

M 1 ( 0.30 )+ M 2 ( 0.60 )=(50 m3)(0.40)

Where:

M 1+ M 2 =50 m3

M 1=50 m 3−M 2

By substitution:

(50 m 3−M 2) ( 0.30 ) + M 2 ( 0.60 )=(50 m3 )(0.40)


15 m 3−0.30 M 2+ 0.60 M 2=20 m3

0.30 M 2=( 20−15)m3

0.30 M 2 5 m3
=
0.30 0.30

Therefore,

50 3 2
M 2= m =16 m 3=16.67 m 3
3 3

50 3
M 1=50 m 3− m
3

100 3 1
M 1= m =33 m 3=33.33 m 3
3 3

ANSWER: D

Discussion:

The sum of the two mass is always equal to the mass of total solution. We obtained the value of
the required first mass of the mixture of 33.33m 3 and the second mass of the mixture of 16.67m3, letter D.

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