How much salt is left in the tank when the water is 50 gal?

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A tank contains $200 gal$ brine at the beginning and $15 lb$ salt in it! $t=0$, brine $4 \frac{lb}{gal}$ flows in with a speed of $3.5\frac{gal}{min}$. The out flow of the tank is $4\frac{gal}{min}$

$$\frac{dx}{dt}=14-\frac{4x}{200-.5t}$$

Solving...

$$\frac{x}{(400-t)^8}=2(400-t)^{-7}+c$$

$$c=\frac{-785}{400^8}$$

We want to determine how much salt is left in the tank when it has only 50 gal of water!

My attempt

$200-.5t=50 \iff t=300$

By setting t-300 into the equation to solve for x-the salt left.

Is this the right way to do it? Or something is wrong!

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Your method seems fine. Well done!