Answer :
Answer:
348.9 mL of the 60% solution and 251.1 mL of the 15% solution.
Explanation:
First, we calculate how many mililiters of pure carbonic acid are there in 650 mL of a 38% solution:
- 650 mL * 38/100 = 247 mL
Then we can express the sum of both initial solutions as:
- 1) x * 60/100 + y * 15/100 = 247
for the volume of carbonic acid; and
- 2) x + y = 600 mL
For the volume of the solutions.
We now have a system of two equations and two unknowns (x is the volume of the 60% solution and y is the volume of the 15% solution).
We express x in terms of y in equation 2):
- x = 600 - y
And replace x in equation 1):
- (600 - y) * 60/100 + y * 15/100 = 247
- 360 - 0.6y + 0.15y = 247
- -0.45y = -113
- y = 251. 1 mL
Finally we calculate x using equation 2):
- x + 251.1 = 600
- x = 348.9 mL