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Nineteen percent of the nitric acid was used in the experiment. If 1134 liters remained how much nitric acid had been available in the beginning? How much had been used?

Originally Posted by courtney

Nineteen percent of the nitric acid was used in the experiment. If 1134 liters remained how much nitric acid had been available in the beginning? How much had been used?

Let denote the amount of nitric acid available at the
begining. The used is litres.

So what is left is:

,

so:



Solving this gives:

litres.

RonL