Question

You purchased concentrated cleaner that must be diluted (watered down) before use. Container A is the cleaner, which is a 30% solution. Container B is pure water. You are mixing together the contents of Container A and Container B to produce 60 gallons of 8% solution. How many gallons from each container are needed to create the 60 gallons of 8% cleaning solution? Write your answers as integers only.

Container A: 30% Cleaning Solution =
gallons

Container B: Pure Water =
gallons

Answer 1

Container A: 30% Cleaning Solution = 4.8 gallons

Container B: Pure Water = 55.2 gallons

Explanation:

since 8% of 60 gallons is 4.8 that means their is 55.2 gallons of pure water