SOLUTION: The 1000 gallon tank of water contains 6% salt. How much water do you need to get it down to 4%.

Question 71604: The 1000 gallon tank of water contains 6% salt. How much water do you need to get it down to 4%.
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666 2/3 gallons left
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I have the answer but I don't know how to set it up for sure can someone help me on that. Thanks.
Answer by jorel1380(3719)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the 1000 gallon tank of water contains 6% salt, then it's total salt content is 1000 X .06, or 60 gallons. To find out how much water we need to thin that we use Gls. X .04 equals 60. Thus 60/.04 = 1500 is our total gallons. Since we started with 1000 gallons, we need 500 more gallons of pure water to reach our 4% solution.
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