SOLUTION: how much pure acid is in 600 liters of a 34% alcohol solution?

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Question 1189786: how much pure acid is in 600 liters of a 34% alcohol solution?
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Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    0.34*600 = 204 liters.     ANSWER

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Answer by math_tutor2020(3817)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

34% means 34 out of 100.

If we had 100 liters of solution, then 34% acid means we have 34 liters of pure acid.

Multiply both the "100" and "34" by 6 so that we jump to 600 liters of solution (instead of 100)

So 600 liters of solution has 6*34 = 204 liters of pure acid.

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