Problema Solution

Container A had 300 grams of 8% salt water, while Container B had 120 g of 12.5% salt water. The same amount of water was poured into containers A and B to make concentrations of the salt water in the two containers equal. How many grams of water were poured into both containers?

Answer provided by our tutors

300*0.08/(300+x)=120*0.125/(120+x) ; simplify

24/(300+x)=15/(120+x)  ; or

2880+24x=4500+15x

9x=1620

x=180