SOLUTION: How many liters of water must be evaporated from 17 liters of a 17% saline solution to make a 25% saline solution? Compute your answer to an accuracy of at least one decimal plac

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Question 1018650: How many liters of water must be evaporated from 17 liters of a 17%
saline solution to make a 25% saline solution? Compute your answer to
an accuracy of at least one decimal place after the decimal point.

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= liters of salt in 17% solution
Let = liters of water to be evaporated from
17% solution
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Note that liters of salt in solution doesn't change





5.44 liters of water needs to be evaporated
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check:




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