Equation + mixtures and solutions - math problems

Number of problems found: 62

  • Solutions, mixtures
    roztoky We have 2 liters of 20% solution available. How much 70% solution do we need to add to it to get a 30% solution?
  • Water mixing
    teplomer_1 There are 5 liters of water at 75°C in the pot, how much water at 10°C do we have to add to the resulting temperature of 55°C?
  • Alcohol
    chemia 6l 48% alcohol, how much 52% alcohol must be added to give 50% alcohol?
  • Fruit salad
    banan The fruit salad is prepared from oranges and bananas. One kilogram of oranges costs 30 CZK and one kilogram of bananas costs 18 CZK. How many kilograms of bananas need to be added to half a kilogram of oranges to produce a fruit salad worth CZK 21 per 1 k
  • Aircraft angines
    aircraft-02 The two engines of the aircraft are enough to supply the fuel for five hours of operation. However, one of the engines has a malfunction and thus consumes one-third more fuel. How long can the plane be in the air before it runs out of fuel? After an hour
  • Acid evaporation
    roztoky_12 How many kilograms of water do we have to evaporate from 100 kg of 32% acid to make it 80% concentration?
  • Sugars
    vaha2 In what ratio must two sorts of sugar, costing #390 and #315 per kg respectively, be mixed in order to produce a mixture worth #369 per kg?
  • 1st drug
    pirule First drug pack has an active ingredient ratio of L1: L2 = 2: 1 Second drug pack have a ratio of active ingredients L1: L2 = 1: 3 In which ratio do we have to mix the two packages so that the ratio of substances L1: L2 = 1: 2?
  • Pouring alcohol
    roztoky 100 liters of alcohol has 70% How many liters of water need to be added to have 60% alcohol?
  • Nutballs
    oriesky The dough for nutballs contains, among other things, two basic raw materials: flour and nuts in a ratio of 2:1. How much flour and how many nuts are needed for 1 kg of dough if "other" is 100g?
  • Alcohol mixing
    roztoky_1 How much 64% of the alcohol must be poured into 6 liters of 85% alcohol to produce 79% alcohol?
  • Peroxide
    chemia_3 How many ml 30% of peroxide (H2O2) should be poured into 100ml H2O to give a 20% solution?
  • Clogging
    h2o2 How much distilled water must the pharmacist add to 30g of a 30% hydrogen peroxide solution to obtain a 3% solution to clogging?
  • Alcohol mixture
    pipe2_2 Three liters of 96 percent alcohol we set up a certain amount of distilled water to form a 54-percent alcohol. How many liters of distilled water were used?
  • Alcohol
    metaxa How many cubic centimeters of 96% alcohol is needed to obtain 0.75 liter of 40% alcohol?
  • The painter
    painter_12 In order for the painter to get the desired color, he must mix green and yellow in a ratio of 4: 7. If it has 28 l of green color, how many liters of yellow color should he add? How many liters of mixed color does he get?
  • Copper sulphate
    CuSO4crystal How much g of water do we have to add to 240 g of an 84% CuSO4 solution to produce a 60% solution? (Express the mass of crystalline CuSO4 in the original solution and in the resulting solution and compare them. )
  • CuSO4 mixture
    chemia_2 How many grams of solid CuSO4 we have to add to 450g of 15% CuSO4 solution to produce a 25% solution?
  • Mixture 2
    roztoky_7 How many liters of water must be added to 7 liters of a 20% solution to obtain a 10% solution?
  • Pharmacy
    roztoky_3 The pharmacy add to 3 liters of 95-percent alcohol 5 liters of 38.04 percent alcohol. How many percent pharmacy got?

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