SOLUTION: I'm having problems solving this: I have a solution mixed at a concentration of 5 g/ml and need 100 gal mixed at 4 g/ml. What do I need to do?

Question 1135649: I'm having problems solving this:
I have a solution mixed at a concentration of 5 g/ml and need 100 gal mixed at 4 g/ml. What do I need to do?
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, ikleyn:
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a solution mixed at a concentration of and need gal mixed at

notice the product on both sides have same amount of substance ()
so, gal of the solution has same amount of substance as gal of solution

now take gal of the and gal of water to make gal of solution

adding water does not change the amount of grams of substance, it just dilutes the concentration
Answer by ikleyn(52787)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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There is entire bunch of lessons covering various types of mixture problems
    - Mixture problems
    - More Mixture problems
    - Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for antifreeze solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like coffee beans, nuts, cashew and peanuts
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like candies, dried fruits
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like soil and sand
    - Word problems on mixtures for alloys
    - Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive
    - Advanced mixture problems
    - Advanced mixture problem for three alloys
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on word problems for mixtures
in this site.

A convenient place to quickly observe these lessons from a "bird flight height" (a top view) is the last lesson in the list.

Read them and become an expert in solution the mixture word problems.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Mixture problems".

Save the link to this online textbook together with its description

Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson

to your archive and use it when it is needed.

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