Eli wants to combine 0.5 gallons of a 10% acetic acid
solution with a 35% solution to make a 15% acetic acid
solution. He needs to determine how many gallons of 35%
solution are needed.
Eli decides to let u represent the volume of 35% solution and
makes a table to help solve the problem.
Help Eli by completing the table.
Drag each tile to the correct cell in the table.
0.15(v +0.5)
0.35
(0.10)(0.5)
0.15
0.10
10% Acid
35% Acid
Mixture
V
v +0.5
Amount of
Solution
Acid
Concentration
0.35u
0.5
Amount of
Acid
