A container initially holds liters of an acid solution that is acid by volume. First, liters of the solution are drained and replaced with an equal volume of pure water. After the mixture is thoroughly stirred, liters of the new solution are drained and replaced with an equal volume of pure acid. If the final solution is acid by volume, what is the value of ?
Cevap: 20 liters
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The value of is liters.
The solution requires tracking the amount of pure acid through two distinct replacement operations. Initially, there are liters of acid in liters of solution. Draining liters removes liters of acid, leaving liters of acid after adding liters of pure water. In the second step, draining liters removes a fraction of the remaining acid, leaving liters of acid. Adding liters of pure acid yields a total acid volume of liters. Expanding and solving the resulting quadratic equation gives (since ).
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Multi-stage sequential mixture removal and replacement