SOLUTION: A chemist has a 50 mL beaker of a 30% solution. a. Write an equation for the concentration of the solution after adding x mL of pure water. b. Use that equation to determine how m

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Question 1124243: A chemist has a 50 mL beaker of a 30% solution. a. Write an equation for the concentration of the solution after adding x mL of pure water. b. Use that equation to determine how many mL of water should be added to obtain a 14% solution. Round your answer to 1 decimal place.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Trying to get to 14% that way would first overflow the beaker.

, the percent concentration after adding x milliliters of water.

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