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Day 6 Mixture Problem

by ahadi » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:02 am
hi Brent,

I'm reviewing the mixture problem in the OG 12. pg. 142. I'm having trouble understanding what the n+5 represents in the equation.

n= # of litres of the 15% solution
however, the +5 I'm not sure.

Thanks for your help and this 60 day guide.
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:46 pm
ahadi wrote:hi Brent,

I'm reviewing the mixture problem in the OG 12. pg. 142. I'm having trouble understanding what the n+5 represents in the equation.

n= # of litres of the 15% solution
however, the +5 I'm not sure.

Thanks for your help and this 60 day guide.
Here, n = the number of liters of 15% salt solution that must be added to the original mixture of 5 liters.

The n+5 represents the volume of the resulting mixture (n liters of 15% mixture plus 5 liters of 8% mixture)

I hope that helps.
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