SOLUTION: a solution whose volume is 80 litres is made up of 40% of water and 60% of alcohol, when x litres of water are added, the percentage of alcohol drops to 40% a) find the value of

Question 1101891: a solution whose volume is 80 litres is made up of 40% of water and 60% of alcohol, when x litres of water are added, the percentage of alcohol drops to 40%
a) find the value of x
b)30 litres of water is added to the new solution.calculate the percentage of alcohol in the resulting solution.
c)if 5 litres of solution in (b) above is added to 2 litres of the original solution. calculate in the simplest form, the ration of water to that of alcohol in the resulting solution.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just part (a):

Adding the water does not change AMOUNT of alcohol.

-------liters of water to add
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