SOLUTION: A vat contains 250 L of a saline solution with 15% salt. How much water must be allowed to evaporate to raise the concentration of salt up to 32%?

Question 1054509: A vat contains 250 L of a saline solution with 15% salt. How much water must be allowed to evaporate to raise the concentration of salt up to 32%?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
liters of salt in 15% solution
Let = liters of water to be removed by evaporation
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132.8125 liters of water must be evaporated
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check:

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