Sunday, July 17, 2011

Math word problem help please?

A petroleum company has two different sources of crude oil. The first source provides crude oil that is 70% hydrocarbons, and the second one provides crude oil that is 95% hydrocarbons. In order to obtain 160 gallons of crude oil that is 80% hydrocarbons, how many gallons of crude oil must be used from each of the two sources?

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