A 1500-Liter Tank Contains 30 Liters of a 10% Acid

question 60

Multiple Choice

A 1500-liter tank contains 30 liters of a 10% acid solution. You add x liters of a 90% acid solution to the tank. Determine a function C that represents the proportion of acid to the total solution in the final mixture.

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Definitions:

Binary Search Algorithm

An efficient algorithm for finding an item from a sorted list of items, working by repeatedly dividing in half the portion of the list that could contain the item.

Base Case

The condition that allows a recursive algorithm to stop, ensuring that the recursion doesn’t continue indefinitely.

Recursive Method

A method in programming that calls itself in order to solve a problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable parts.

Power of X

Refers to a mathematical operation where a number (X) is raised to the power of another number, indicating multiplication of X by itself a certain number of times.