SOLUTION: Solve the following application. Science and medicine. A chemist has 300 milliliters (mL) of solution that is 18% acid. How many milliliters of acid are in the solution? This is

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Question 71709: Solve the following application.
Science and medicine. A chemist has 300 milliliters (mL) of solution that is 18% acid. How many milliliters of acid are in the solution?
This is what I came up with. Is it right?
300÷18%=54
54 milliliters (mL) of acid

Answer by checkley75(3666)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
300*.18=54 ML OF ACID. YOU NEED TO MULTIPLY (*) -- NOT DIVIDE (/).
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