Question

A chemical company mixes pure water with their premium antifreeze solution to create an inexpensive antifreeze mixture. The premium antifreeze solution contains pure antifreeze. The company wants to obtain gallons of a mixture that contains pure antifreeze. How many gallons of water and how many gallons of the premium antifreeze solution must be mixed?

Answer 1

x = 160 gal

y = 80 gal

160 gallons of water and 80 gallons of premium antifreeze solution must be mixed.