SOLUTION: Thirty pounds of a salt-water solution contains fifteen percent salt. How much salt is in the water?

SOLUTION: Thirty pounds of a salt-water solution contains fifteen percent salt. How much salt is in the water?

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Question 252760: Thirty pounds of a salt-water solution contains fifteen percent salt. How much salt is in the water?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
30(.15)=4.5 pounds
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