SOLUTION: Darryl wants to add enough water to 8 gallons of a 10% bleach solution to make a 5% bleach solution. Which equation can he use to find x, the number of gallons of water he should a

Question 1037753: Darryl wants to add enough water to 8 gallons of a 10% bleach solution to make a 5% bleach solution. Which equation can he use to find x, the number of gallons of water he should add?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = gallons of water to be added
gallons of bleach in the 10% solution
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