SOLUTION: To make pickles, fresh cucumbers are soaked in a salt water solution called brine. How many liters of a 4% brine solution must be added to 20 liters of a 12% brine solution to dilu
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Question 346637: To make pickles, fresh cucumbers are soaked in a salt water solution called brine. How many liters of a 4% brine solution must be added to 20 liters of a 12% brine solution to dilute it to an 8% solution?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8 is the average of 4 and 12, so it's equal amounts.
--> 20 liters.
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