Using a simple mixing balance to work out how much hot and cold water gives a safe delivered temperature.
When hot and cold water mix, the delivered temperature is a weighted average of the two flows. This example shows the arithmetic so you can see how a safe outlet temperature is achieved. The numbers are chosen for the worked example.
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